Where Politics And Video Games Collide

Ashton:

Your argument, whilst not without some merit, is flawed. As I understand it, this guy CANNOT be locked up for this infringement, only sued. Now if he is going to start throwing around legal threats you have to expect a response. Blizzard's in this case is to counter-sue because they believe they have been wronged. None of this I think is wrong on Blizzard's part, they are just protecting their userbase and their rights.

There is however an interesting legal issue here. Blizzard says that it retains all rights and ownership of characters and equipment ingame, but by suggesting that this software would inflate pricing would be to acknowledge they have some value. This would be something I would stay well away from if I were them. However the other side of it suggesting that they lose revenue from people that THEY ban is again not going to stand up in court. The decision to use the software is the choice of the person who is banned and the decision to ban is Blizzard's so this doesn't affect the Bot creator either.

This will come down to if the Bot is an infringement of copywrite and the EULA and if the EULA has any legal standing. I have no idea how this will pan out in truth, but I also don't think that the Bot creator is the sinned against. He made a program and was making money off it that he KNEW would go against the principles and the EULA of W.o.W.


I also would like to say that I side with those that do not like the idea of cheats ruining thier leisure time. This is a game people invest many hundreds of hours in and pay for the privledge. If this was a game of football and some idiot picked up the ball and started throwing it in the goal time and time again, and you were paying for the time to play on the pitch, you would doubtlessly start getting annoyed.

Clearly you have no idea what a spoiled brat is. I can definitely say it is NOT someone who works for a living and pays their own way to play a game every month and doesn't like the idea of other people cheating. That is someone who respects fair play. All the swearing and tantrums in the world won't change that.

As for the comparison to cheating in a casino, well actuallya recent legal case where people were using electronic devices to count cards ended with the cheats getting to keep the money, but upholding the casino's right to refuse them entry ever again. Doubtless all other casino's will have them on their "No Entry" lists as well. If people side with the casino over this, that doesn't make them spoilt either, just people who dislike cheats.