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Third-Party Motion in World of Warcraft Bot Case Accuses Blizzard of… Well… Beats Me | Virtually Blind | Virtual Law | Benjamin Duranske
Third-Party Motion in World of Warcraft Bot Case Accuses Blizzard of… Well… Beats Me | Virtually Blind | Virtual Law | Benjamin Duranske
This is an update in the MDY v. Blizzard case. Sort of. Here’s the deal — people who have nothing to do with a case sometimes file motions in U.S. Courts. These motions usually take the form of the amicus brief filed earlier by Public Knowledge , a digital rights advocacy group. But ...
So What Went Wrong?
blessingofkings.blogspot.com — Blizzard is never, ever going to tell us exactly why paladin development for WotLK unfolded as it... did. Currently, Ghostcrawler is publicly blaming it on some bug with weapon switching. But I don't think that's the real story. There's too many other ... (more) So What Went Wrong?
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Jonathan Lee Riches has a better imagination than you, sues Blizzard
WoW.com — Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, HumorA man sitting in a South Carolina prison serving time for wire fraud has decided to file a third-party motion in the MDY v. Blizzard. Jonathan Riches is accusing Blizzard of "...causing [me] to live in a virtual universe, where [I] explored the landscape committing identity theft and fighting cybermonster rival hacker gangs." I probably don't need to say anything else, and he probably doesn't either. I'm pretty sure most judges would just throw the motion out right there. But, the ...

Famed felon seeks to join MDY vs Blizzard
Massively — ... information to the court, often to inform it of a wider impact or implication of certain outcomes beyond the fundamental interests of the direct parties to the case, or to provide other information which the... Continue reading Famed felon seeks to join MDY vs Blizzard Famed felon seeks to join MDY vs Blizzard originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.   Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs ...

Inmate sues Blizzard for mind theft
The Joystiq Podcast — ... Finally, someone is making Blizzard pay for its crimes. South Carolina inmate Jonathan Lee Riches sues a lot of people, but we think he's really on to something with this new suit, which he, apparently, has filed in conjunction with Gordon Gekko. It's ...

Crazy Federal Inmate Sues Blizzard, Some Nazis, Nostradamus, and The Roman Empire
Wandering Goblin — ... Mile Island, the Nazi Party, the 13 Tribes of Israel, the Roman Empire, Nostradamus, Jimmy Hoffa, and Plato.  Just in cast you're wondering, I did not make one bit of that up.  He actually sued every single one of those people, entities, or inanimate objects.   We're not exactly confident Riches will be able to prevail in this case, but we're grateful to him for this story.  This is what makes being a news blogger all the more rich and fulfilling. [via VirtuallyBlind]

Jonathan Lee Riches©
Kill Ten Rats — ... George W. Bush, Pope Benedict XVI, Accuweather.com, Nuclear Power Plant, Tony Danza, Magna Carta, “tsunami victims,” “Jewish workers at NBC/Universal,” Plato, “various Buddhist monks,” Denny’s, “Vern Minni Me,” Michael J. Fox, PETA, Liberty Bell… Virtually Blind reports that he has filed a amicus curaie brief in a case against Blizzard. Sadly, the brief is a single page and relatively coherent in comparison with his previous work. ...

Episode 66 - The Unboxing
Channel Massive — ...     Mail Bag 00:31:45    Massive Mess of an Opinion 00:39:05    The M-Team Wants YOU! 00:41:49    The Week in Gaming 00:55:05    Blog-O-Steria 01:33:54    Conclusion The Week in Gaming Channel Massive’s public service announcement for the 2009 MMO Calendar Former Flagship CEO Bill Roper now Design Director for Champions Online I’ll buy that for a dollar!  Errr…I’m mean 96 cents. Third-Party Motion in WoW vs Bots ...

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