"nuking" the bots. lol

Actually they can sue.

If a bot is being used to make GP, then selling it on for RL cash, then it's RWT, which they can sue for.

Although it might be hard for them to track down which site the GP was sold to/from.

I also reckon that with Jagex's finances, they have some big-wig lawyer who knows more than we do about copyright infringements.

Please also remember that RS is ran with RuneScript which is copyrighted, so anyone copying that into a bot to use is breaking the law.

DMCA cases don't ever hold up in court, mostly due to the inability to fully prove any form of copyright infringement. The bot client is playing the game, it's not a replication of the game Runescape. It does NOT recreate it in any way. After all, it's publicly displayed Java code. The bot doesn't steal any private information or the entire game from Jagex, so bots haven't taken any copyrighted material. Bots are completely original. Last I checked bots link Runescape and Swiftkit does aswell, but Swiftkit is endorsed by Jagex. Botting only breaks Jagex's ToS, it doesn't give them the right to sue. Please show me any law that outlaws botting in MMORPGS, or even one that relates. If Jagex fraudulently sues everybody, they themselves would be liable to be counter-sued for the money and time they cost you. Plus I very strongly doubt $2,500 would cover Jagex's legal costs.

It's all just talk, trying to scare people out of botting.