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OK, I see what you mean. But in that case, what terms could Blizzard put in their contract their to effectively prohibit Glider bots? - "You agree to let us su
by bumbledraven 16y ago
OK, I see what you mean. But in that case, what terms could Blizzard put in their contract their to effectively prohibit Glider bots?
- "You agree to let us sue you for $1 million if we catch you using a bot." A court probably wouldn't uphold such a contract.
- "You agree not to reverse engineer our software (to figure out ways to circumvent our bot detection mechanisms)." The bot's author could have received Blizzard's software through a third party and so wouldn't be bound by the contract.
- tptacek 16y agoBlizzard already put terms in their contract prohibiting bots. They can't make up arbitrary damages, but they don't have to; both contract law and torts come into play when you violate a license contract and cause damages in the process. And no, you haven't discovered a great way for absolutely anybody to evade any contract by laundering software through an anonymous third party.
- bumbledraven 16y agoDo those terms attempt to prohibit the development of bots, or just their use? If it's the former, why would we want the government to force someone who never entered into a contract with Blizzard to comply with the terms of that contract? By the way, I never said this was my "discovery"; I think it's a legitimate question about the extent to which we should be free to tinker with things.