It was only a matter of time before Blizzard and Vivendi took up arms against the creator of WoW Glider, a program that basically turns your character into one of those annoying bots you see running about Felwood, getting all the essence of water so you can't make your damn Robe of the Archmagi (now obsolete and useless), and that is just what they've done, filing suit against MDY Industries and Michael Donnelly in Arizona this past Friday. Blizzard states that WoW Glider infringes their IP, allows cheating, encourages players to break the EULA and circumvents copyright protections.

My opinion? He needs to be sued. They need to stop selling the software. Markee Dragon believes differently, claiming that being able to bot character 24/7 is just the same as hiring a power levelling service, which is true...they both break the EULA, only in different ways. People should really start reading that thing. Anyway, I'm looking forward to a lot fewer unguilded night elf hunters once this matter is settled. Huzzah! Michael Fahey

Blizzard officially files against WoW Glider. Blizzard Vs. MDY Industries [Markee Dragon via Slashdot]

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