Random reading:

[CHUNTA]

So, as much as I tried to resist, I am back playing and botting again. I know, I know, I said I was never going back..... I'm a junkie, what can I say?

Anyhow, I've been reading some of the posts as to how Blizz busted us etc etc. And honestly, some of the replies have made me laugh, while others had me curious as to the validity of them. So onto the web I go to do a little digging.

Now, I know that some of you are going to read this, shake your head and pretty much call me a noob, and I'm fine with that as honestly when it comes to botting, I really am a noob. I know that I start WoW, open my HB folder and fire it up and poof, my toon starts leveling itself.

However, I've been curious as far as some people saying that Blizz spied on our computers and the legality of it.

Now if you go take a look at the Battle.net EULA, pretty much right at the start you will find this little comment:

"Blizzard shall have the right to monitor and/or record your communications when you use Battle.net, and you acknowledge and agree that when you use Battle.net, that you have no expectation that your communications will be private. Blizzard shall have the right to disclose your communications for any reason, including : (a) to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (b) to enforce the terms of this Agreement or any other Blizzard policy; (c) to protect Blizzard’s legal rights and remedies; (d) to protect the health or safety of anyone that Blizzard believe’s may be threatened; or (e) to report a crime or other offensive behavior."

Now I'm no lawyer, and honestly am not sure if I am reading this wrong or taking it the wrong way. But to me that looks like a blanket statement saying that they can monitor you while the game is open. Now if this is only in game or if it is your whole computer is the part that I have no idea about. Literally, it appears that the communication would be limited to while in game and any comments etc you make in the game itself. However, communication could be taken as anything that you are sending and receiving on your system while the game is open.

Maybe somebody could shed some light on this for me as, like I said, I am a noob when it comes to this.

 

[CHUNTA]

This part is a no-brainer, and we all know that we take a risk when we bot:

"Cheating: Create, use, offer, advertise, make available and/or distribute the following or assist therein:

Cheats; i.e. methods, not expressly authorized by Blizzard, influencing and/or facilitating the gameplay, including exploits of any in-game bugs, and thereby granting you and/or any other user an advantage over other players not using such methods;
Bots; i.e. any code and/or software, not expressly authorized by Blizzard, that allows the automated control of a Game, Battle.net and/or any component or feature thereof, e.g. the automated control of a character in a Game;
Hacks; i.e. accessing or modifying the software of a Game or Battle.net in an manner, not expressly authorized by Blizzard; and/or
any code and/or software, not expressly authorized by Blizzard, that can be used in connection with the Battle.net client, Battle.net, a Game and/or any component or feature thereof which changes and/or facilitates the gameplay;"

 

[CHUNTA]

Huh?

"User Created or Uploaded Content: Battle.net and certain Games may provide you an opportunity to upload and display content on Battle.net and/or as part of a Game, including the compilation, arrangement or display of such content (collectively, the “User Content”). User Content specifically does not include a Custom Game, as defined in Section 1(D)(ii)(1) below. You hereby grant Blizzard a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, fully paid up, non-exclusive right and license to exploit the User Content and all elements thereof, in any and all media, formats and forms, known now or hereafter devised. Blizzard shall have the unlimited right to copy, reproduce, fix, modify, adapt, translate, reformat, prepare derivatives, add to and delete from, rearrange and transpose, manufacture, publish, distribute, sell, license, sublicense, transfer, rent, lease, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, provide access to, broadcast, and practice the User Content as well as all modified and derivative works thereof and any and all elements contained therein, and use or incorporate a portion or portions of the User Content or the elements thereof in conjunction with or into any other material. Except to the extent that any such waiver is prohibited by law, you hereby waive the benefit of any provision of law known as “moral rights” or “droit moral” or any similar law in any country of the world. You represent and warrant that the User Content does not infringe upon the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of any third party. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, you hereby waive any moral rights you may have in any User Content. You further represent and warrant that you will not use or contribute User Content that is unlawful, tortious, defamatory, obscene, invasive of the privacy of another person, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, racist or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate. Blizzard may remove any User Content and any related content or elements from Battle.net at its sole discretion."

 

[CHUNTA]

PRE-LOADED SOFTWARE.
Battle.net may contain additional software that requires you to agree to additional terms prior to your use ("Additional Software").

Installation: You agree that Blizzard may install Additional Software on your hard drive as part of the installation of the Battle.net Client, and from time to time during the term of this Agreement.

Use: Unless Blizzard grants you a valid license and alphanumeric key to use and activate the Additional Software, you may not access, use, distribute, copy, display, reverse engineer, derive source code from, modify, disassemble, decompile or create derivative works based on the Additional Software. In the event that Blizzard grants to you a valid license and alphanumeric key to use and activate the Additional Software, all use of the Additional Software shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement.

Copies: You may make one (1) copy of the Additional Software for archival purposes only.

 

[CHUNTA]

This looks like a jackpot to me:

CONSENT TO MONITOR.
WHEN RUNNING, A GAME MAY MONITOR YOUR COMPUTER'S RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM) FOR UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAMS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY WITH THE GAME. AN "UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM" AS USED HEREIN SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE PROHIBITED BY SECTION 1(C)(ii) ABOVE. IN THE EVENT THAT THE GAME DETECTS AN UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM, (a) THE GAME MAY COMMUNICATE INFORMATION BACK TO BLIZZARD, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR ACCOUNT NAME, DETAILS ABOUT THE UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM DETECTED, AND THE TIME AND DATE; AND/OR (b) BLIZZARD MAY EXERCISE ANY OR ALL OF ITS RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, WITH OR WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO THE USER. Additionally, certain Games include a tool that will allow your computer system to forward information to Blizzard in the event that the Game crashes, including system and driver data, and consent to Blizzard being able to receive this data.

 

[Aion]

The above questions, you asked yourself, were widely discussed in at least 50+ threads in the last 3 weeks! Just use the search, tgetty

 

[CHUNTA]

Lol I did and got an overload of info. Hence me not pushing this one too hard, more of a, "hey, anybody got any ideas?" type of thing. Feel free to delete it if it's redundant.