The Lawbringer: Paying for addons and the spirit of the TOS

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9-30-2011 @ 11:02PM

DarkWalker said...

@mak:
You can't copyright really small snippets such as single names. Besides, game guides most likely would be a prime example of fair use (as long as the author of the guide doesn't go on copying large stretches of the product - say, reproducing all quest text - on it's guide).

In the end, Blizzard can't really win a copyright suite against authors that write and sell an unauthorized guide for WoW, as long as the author does not do anything dumb. Does not mean they can't use the threat as a scare tactic, though.

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