Quote Originally Posted by 'Ughmahedhurtz',index.php?page=Thread&postID=12983 2#post129832
Guys, keep in mind, keyclone operates via an internet verification system on startup, so all he'd have to do to completely disable all but hacked copies of keyclone is turn off the key server. No way Blizz could sue him for the same sort of damages they did that other guy, especially since that other hack program was always illegal, whereas keyclone is specifically not against the ToS according to Blizzard today.
The "other program" also uses a verification system on startup, pretty much all bot software does since by its very nature it attracts hackers and pirates, and so they have to develop anti-pirating measures themselves (kind of ironic, the cheaters having to worry about getting cheated!)

Two salient points: 1) EULAs are tricky, there was no EULA when you purchased the Blizzard box at the store, only after you installed the software and ran it. Its been argued successfully before in court (Softman vs Adobe) that the whole purchase software vs license thing is not fully valid when the EULA is not on the actual physical box.

2) People always forget that your character, account, etc are all the property of Blizzard. At any moment in time they could decide they no longer want you as a customer, and suspend/ban your account. Countless people have been banned for things like "economy manipulation" (playing the auction house), playing too much, having too much gold, and of course more valid reasons like botting, letting asian companies level them, sharing accounts, racial slurs, etc.

Tomorrow Blizzard could decide that keyclone is against the EULA and ban all of us for using it/Octopus/etc, and we would have little recourse. Hopefully it won't ever happen, but people need to remember that Blizzard is always 100% control who can play and how, and all our conjectures and opinions on what is allowed and what isn't, doesn't amount to much.