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Since the creation of popular online MMORPGs, somewhat "lazy" players have been in the creation of BOTs (robots!!!). BOTs are literally third party programs that have been programmed with the purpose to either level a character or to collect resources all while the user is AFK (Away From Keyboard).

BOTs have generally been deemed illegal and usage of BOTs are banned in most MMORPGs, this however does not discourage many people form using them, largely due to the fact that game companies are rather lazy to take action on the vast majority of players that use them.

Recently however, the game company Blizzard and Vivendi has filed a suit against MYD industires. MYD industries are the developor of a BOT program for the MMORPG WoW called Glider. It however seems ridiculous as there are plenty of other WoW BOT programs that have yet to be filed for copywrite infringement.

Another lawsuit filed by Blizzard was against the popular gold-selling website peons4hire. This has yet to be resolved as it is very complicated. It seems that gold (a currency in WoW) is deemed as a "virtual property", and therefore is free to be traded among people as it has no value. If however, Blizzard successfully wins the lawsuit, it may wrack havoc as it may be the starting point where lawsuits would be able to be used in a free-for-all against anyone with conflicts with "virtual property" and therefore damage the foundation of present and future MMORPGs.

Links:
http://www.peons4hire.com/
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=106771592&sid=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_game_bot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_%28MMORPG_bot%29