Blizzard awarded $6 million in Glider suit

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Blizzard has been awarded $6 million in damages from its suit against "bot" maker MDY Industries, the same suit it <a href="http://www.massively.com/2008/07/15/blizzard-victorious-in-wowglider-case/">won back in July</a>. MDY makes the World of Warcraft Glider software, allowing players to automate their avatars while they're AFK. The <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7645059.stm">BBC</a> reports that the Glider program cost $25 and it's believed the company sold around 100,000 copies.<br /><br />Not that Blizzard is done yet. The company originally wanted double or triple the damages awarded. The case actually goes back into litigation this January and Blizzard will push on some remaining issues, like whether MDY violated the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act and whether the Glider programmer will have to pay damages out of his own pocket.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.massively.com/2008/10/01/blizzard-awarded-large-payout-in-wow-glider-case/">Massively</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7645059.stm>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/01/blizzard-awarded-6-million-in-glider-suit/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1329875/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/01/blizzard-awarded-6-million-in-glider-suit/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/01/blizzard-awarded-6-million-in-glider-suit/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><div class="feedflare">
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