This is like ruling that WinAmp is illegal because it lets me copy pirated MP3s into RAM and then play them. I guess that means the iPod is too. So is any debugger that I could attach to the WoW process.
If there's any proof that the government is out of touch with technology, this has to be it.
All of those examples can have completely legitimate uses. This program existed expressedly for the purpose of breaking the WoW EULA.
A person can buy a radar detector. People buy radar detectors to avoid speed traps here in the US. They don't serve any other useful purpose. How well they work I wouldn't know.
Theoretically, they were allowed in the early days of traffic radar to allow drivers to know they were under surveilance. They are illegal in some circumstances. Radar
jammers on the other hand, are illegal not because they interfere with law inforcement, but they allow the user to broadcast on an FCC-regulated frequency without proper liscencing. That's total BS, but it's the law we have to live with.
Guns are another matter entirely. They have multiple purposes other than breaking the law, so they don't even belong in this conversation.
However, I did recognize that a genuine injured party in this matter might be the people who purchased this developer's product
Completely untrue. The site selling this program specifically and explicitly states that using it is a violation of the EULA and may get the user banned. Users of the bot have no legal standing to complain about either Blizzard or the bot's programmer.
As I understand our legal system, Blizzard can not claim they are injured by this product. And, that such injury is a result of this developer's negligence or criminal conduct.
Sure they can. The programmer is making a profit using their IP without their permission in direct violation of their copyright. Theoretically, they can sue for every penny the guy made from this, and tack on punative damages.
My opinion isn't some wrong page for you to BigDogBigFeet me about.
Please tell me what I must smoke for this sentence to make sense