But, in this analogy, one should assume that the copyright owner of these books can and does implement restrictions on "making paper boats out of a book" (analo

But, in this analogy, one should assume that the copyright owner of these books can and does implement restrictions on "making paper boats out of a book" (analogous to restrictions on what code one can run on their own PC while the game is running). Should they be able to do so in such a situation? If not, why is it justifiable to allow copyright owners that level of control over their work? Now, creating and distributing cheats doesn't ruin the play experience for everyone. It's evident that it doesn't ruin the experience for those using the cheats. It's also possible that there are groups of people who wish to use cheats when playing separately from non-cheaters. Instead of suing this guy and shutting down the cheats entirely, I would suggest they should put those players on their own server, where they won't encounter any players who wish their experience to be cheat-free.