Warcraft external software Glider appeal sentenced to breach of law

According to overseas media reports, the United States Nineth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned "Blizzard v." World of Warcraft, "The hang of the software ' glider '" part of the verdict. "Glider" software is used in the "World of Warcraft" well-known plug-in program, can help players automatically play the blame upgrade. MDY team, who developed the software, had relied on sales of the plug-in software to earn $3.5 million.　　Blizzard filed a lawsuit against MDY team in California's district court in 2008, demanding that the court prohibit the sale of the plug-in software and decree a violation of its intellectual property rights. In 2009, the California District court ruled that the "glider" software violated Blizzard's registration service agreement and was ordered to prohibit sales, and that the "glider" software violated the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act and was ordered to pay blizzard compensation for 6.5 million of dollars.　　MDY team against the verdict and then appealed to a higher court. The decision of the Nineth Circuit Court of Appeals, which has taken the case, states that: blizzard in the provision of its own online products services, has been in the registration agreement explicitly prohibit players to use unofficial plug-in software, so maintain the ban on its sales, but do not agree with its violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, "glider"　　The software has its own legal intellectual property, so the first instance of the court to reconsider the amount of compensation. It also means that MDY team, who is sentenced to "just not breaking the law", will likely pay a significant reduction in the amount of compensation.