software
Creating Online games bots
<p>I play this online web browser game, and I created a bot that I use to automate in-game actions. Of course using scripts/bots is prohibited in game rules and leads to banishment if detected.</p>

<p>So my question is: legally speaking, is it illegal to sell this bot to other players? Or charge them a monthly fee for using it?</p>

<p>If marketing it is legal, is there anything else that's illegal when dealing with online games and botting ?</p>

<h1><a href="https://hackerbot.net/wiki/228-cheat-hack-bot-illegel-legal-law-question" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cheating in video games is not against the law. (If it's not for profit)</a></h1>
<p><strong>IANAL</strong></p>
<p>The legality of cheating in video games has already been challenged in a court of law.</p>
<p>You see, Nintendo didn't want people to cheat. Fearing it would lower the financial value of their games if you can beat them in just a few minutes.</p>
<p>It was argued in court that a video game is no different than a book. If you want to read the end of the book, skip to your favorite chapter or skim quickly through a boring part you can. The conclusion is the game is yours to enjoy in anyway you want. Nobody can tell you how to play your game.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCvIZ80RIhE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">There's an interesting and short documentary about the legal history of cheating in video games by the gaming historian.</a></p>
<p>Also it doesn't matter what the TOS says.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/07/court-violating-terms-service-not-crime-bypassing" rel="nofollow noreferrer">TOS is not legally
binding</a>
Good news: another federal judge has ruled that violating a website
terms of service is not a crime. But there's bad news, too — the court
also found that bypassing technical or code-based barriers intended to
limit access to or uses of a website may violate California's computer
crime law.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>However, I've read you can be sued for breach of contract, <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/a/13132/13986">if the site can prove any damages based on your cheating.</a> I found that answer here on Law.SE and they didn't provide a source so I can't verify if it's true.</p>

<p>Depending on the jurisdiction, intentionally accessing an online web browser game using a bot in breach of the terms of service for that game may be a computer crime such as 'unauthorised access to a computer system' (especially in the United States). Selling the bot (or access to the bot) would constitute a conspiracy, aiding and abetting, or some other form of accessory liability (i.e. both you and your customer would go to prison).</p>
