Where Politics And Video Games Collide

The specific relief he is asking for is that the courts rule that he isn't violating *any* of their rights, which would include enforcement of the EULA and as such he is asking the courts to make his bot program legit in game.

Tortious interference doesn't require the third party to forcefully interfere with a contract, just that they induce the breach while being aware of the contract. It would seem that all the elements to support such an accusation are present, unsupported dismissals that they don't have a leg to stand on notwithstanding, but I've not looked up the actual state requirement for such a tort. From the elements Blizzard spelled out in their counterclaim it would certainly be a valid case.

The sports anology is good but you missed the anology. If a player is under contract with a team you have to seek the permission of the team in order to talk to him. Happens almost every year in the NFL. This year I believe it was the Patriots and Jets having it out. I don't know how it's going to work out but I think this will be a sticking point for WoWGlider. Would be interesting to find out what was done to the gamblers in the Black Soxs scandal.

It's not that he is making money off of WoW that is the issue. He is interfering with their rights and the contractual agreements with other players. Even if he were doing this for free they would have still done exactly what they did in this case.