Latest News with Tag 'Glider'

On July 14th the gavel of the Blizzard vs. MDY (Glider) fell in the 9th circuit court and since then it’s echo has reverberated across the blogosphere. But first a quick background summary:

Glider is a popular bot/macro program for World of Warcraft that essentially runs “glides” or small scripts that play World of Warcraft automatically. They have scripts to automatically level you up or to farm items/gold for you. You can setup a script to run while you sleep and wake up in the morning a few levels higher with backpacks full of items and some gold. It doesn’t perform any cheats or hacks that a normal player could not perform. It simply acts as if a human was playing the game (albeit a human with a low IQ, no job or outside responsibilities, and with a nasty cocaine habit).

Blizzard sued the creators of Glider for aiding in copyright infringement in an ongoing legal battle with the first decision just recently decided.

In the words of the creator of glider (Mercury):

“Well, the judge ruled today and it was not good for us. He found for Blizzard on the copyright and tortious claims. I must admit, I'm rather surprised at the scope of the decision, as it seems copyright holders can now pretty much declare anyone an infringer at the stroke of a pen.

But, hey, things will likely get more focused in the days ahead. For now, here's the judge's order. Be warned that it's pretty heavy on the legalese.”