2011-10-27 21:25:40
(This post was last modified: 2011-10-27 22:14:48 by Rarely Lucky.)
You guys really believe Jagex is going to sue anybody? Lol...
You cannot sue the botters, they only thing Jagex can do is suspend or ban the accounts according to their Terms of Service. If they change their terms of service on shorthand before a court case they could pursue a criminal lawsuit against Jagex for changing evidence in an ongoing/pending court case. In order to sue for botting, there must be adamant evidence of a player botting in the first person. Playing 24/7 does not mean your a bot, neither does doing the same thing for a long time mean your a bot. SnowKitten proves that players have done longer more repetitive things, and even died for it.
Before I forget nobody has infringed on Jagex's copyright, there was no replication of Jagex's copyrighted material, just developed software that plays the game for you. Also suing for botting would be a civil court case, meaning Jagex can only charge for losses and damages, through botting I believe there are none, $5 a month is beneficial to Jagex, being a business.
I still strongly oppose botting.
Edit: In addition to sue someone internationally it would first have to be presented and won in the Court of International Law. DMCA cases are based loosely on virtual logs that are easily modified and have no standing in actual law practice.
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You cannot sue the botters, they only thing Jagex can do is suspend or ban the accounts according to their Terms of Service. If they change their terms of service on shorthand before a court case they could pursue a criminal lawsuit against Jagex for changing evidence in an ongoing/pending court case. In order to sue for botting, there must be adamant evidence of a player botting in the first person. Playing 24/7 does not mean your a bot, neither does doing the same thing for a long time mean your a bot. SnowKitten proves that players have done longer more repetitive things, and even died for it.
Before I forget nobody has infringed on Jagex's copyright, there was no replication of Jagex's copyrighted material, just developed software that plays the game for you. Also suing for botting would be a civil court case, meaning Jagex can only charge for losses and damages, through botting I believe there are none, $5 a month is beneficial to Jagex, being a business.
I still strongly oppose botting.
Edit: In addition to sue someone internationally it would first have to be presented and won in the Court of International Law. DMCA cases are based loosely on virtual logs that are easily modified and have no standing in actual law practice.