Student Hit Up for Fees After ‘Warcraft’ Debacle
An unemployed junior-college student who claimed to be the voice of baby murloc characters in the popular “World of Warcraft” video game owes $28,700 in attorneys’ fees, a federal judge ruled.
Amanda Lewis sued Activision Blizzard and Blizzard Entertainment in 2012 for copyright infringement and misappropriation of her voice.
Lewis said she developed a voice and a song for the so-called baby murlocs, which she described as a friendly “type of aquatic humanoid creature common,” while working as a “World of Warcraft” game master in Blizzard customer support in 2005.
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