"nuking" the bots. lol

Some interesting reads here.

Hi guys,

I had to make an account and post because all I see here is 13 year old uneducated guesses at what is legal and what is not. Let's start off with the basics ok.

U.S. District Court
California Northern District (San Francisco)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:09-cv-05285-BZ

Take note: The Court case has been filed within US jurisdiction. Jagex does not have to fly all defendants to Cambridge, they have taken the war to them. Secondly, Jagex is using a US law firm to do this alongside their in-house legal advisers.

PAYPAL: I have read some people here, acting like lawyers themselves and claiming that Jagex getting hold of your personal information through Paypal and other organisations is a breach of privacy. It isn't and here is why;

Subpeona duces tecum; this is the legal term for a plaintiff to request documents (email adresses, names, phone numbers, the list goes on) from an organisation (in this case Paypal, PayByCash etc). Jagex had every right to obtain this information to name multiple defendants in this law case.

MINORS: Take note on this one, there is a clear distinction between civil and criminal law. This case is purely civil law where the plaintiff is sueing multiple defendants for damages on breach of copyright (NOT TOS ok, DCMA laws). The fact that a defendant may be 6 years old, 10 years old or 22 years old is irrelevant, they will still get fined. The difference is, minors can expect the minimum fine of 500 USD whereas defendants over the age of 18 can expect the fine to range from 500 USD to 2500 USD based on their means of income.

BLUFFING: This email, which was required by law to be sent (it is literally a cease and desist letter) has been sent to tens of thousands of people. If only 1000 people continue botting after this (I expect more to) then this will be a million dollar + reward in damages to Jagex. This is no bluff, this is a strategic move to not only prevent botting but to grab a nice paycheck. So take note if you want to call their bluff.

from:-
http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/fo...400,goto,1

and

Hi,

A couple of myths to dispel here:

1 - Proxies don't hide you as well as you might think.

2 - We wouldn't gather information for a legal case illegally. That would be beyond silly.

Thanks,

Mod Chrisso

from 15-16-505-63315663

(Was on page 7, last post of the http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/fo...400,goto,1 link, since the 15-16-505-63315663 thread isn't available anymore.)

Just some things I read that were a little interesting. Definitely agree that this will be very interesting. Plus another thing from the thread I posted, the OP has stated that there has already been cases of people being sued already.