Thursday, December 16, 2010

Software Licensing Case

The Electronic Frontier Foundation writes A Mixed Ninth Circuit Ruling in MDY v. Blizzard: WoW Buyers Are Not Owners – But Glider Users Are Not Copyright Infringers "The Ninth Circuit today issued its decision in the second of a trio of cases that raise the critical legal question of whether 'magic words' in a end-user license agreement (EULA) slapped onto a consumer product can turn buyers (or gift recipients) into mere licensees, rather than owners. Following its previous ruling in the first of these cases, Vernor v. Autodesk, the court today said yes — but there’s a twist."

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