Blizzard settles out of court with eBay guide author

Posted on June 9, 2006 by Scott Jennings| 3 Comments

via Cnet:

The terms of the settlement do not provide for monetary compensation for Kopp, which he had originally sought. Instead, the companies agreed to withdraw their previous take-down notices and to drop their infringement claims. They also said they’d refrain from filing any future take-down notices against the same items Kopp had already disputed through counternotices.

Kopp, for his part, agreed to retain the book’s disclaimers about its unofficial nature and said he wouldn’t include links or instructions on how to locate “cheats” in the game.

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  • TPRJones

    A victory for the little guy, eh?

  • http://www.warcry.com Vandemar

    More like a “terrified if they lose the legal precedent might screw them painfully.”

  • Merkwurdigliebe

    I think the problem is that all that has to be done is lodge enough groundless complaints and someone loses their means of support without any means of recourse.

    But then it also means that I can write, publish and sell “unofficial” DAoC erotica with a few “fair use” screenshots thrown in.