"derivative work" and the consumption of web services

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Published on 2009-07-17T21:39:32Z Indexed on 2010/05/01 21:37 UTC
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From the Wowhead Terms of Service:

"Intellectual Property Rights The Service and any necessary software used in connection with the Service ("Software") contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Service or the Software, in whole or in part."

Does this mean that I can't write a program to consume a web service being published by the writers of this TOS?

I find it kind of scary that I even have to ask this question. The wikipedia article on "derivative works" isn't very conclusive.

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