Hello everyone. I have a friend that wants to release a guide on how to make money with world of warcraft involving the use of honorbuddy and gold selling and so on. So i went and googled abit about Blizzard's EULA and TOS and from what i found, selling virtual services in world of warcraft is against the rules and will get anyone doing it perma banned, however the big question is: Is selling virtual goods in wow is illegal in terms of LAW? , i know you break the rules, but do you break any LAW according to their EULA and TOS? I want to know if its possible for blizzard to sue my friend in court for releasing that guide? everything i found on the internet said that selling those virtual goods is breaking the rules and not breaking the law. can anyone confirm it?
My suggestion is that he call it a Guide, similar to Zygor which is basically a charge for Addon which is against the TOS; But they get away with it because they call it a guide
you guys stil didnt get my point. He just wants to know if there is anything against the law by doing that. And if blizzard can sue him in court for that. Notice the guide will be something like how to make money with wow or so
This type of posts does not belong on these forums. Blizzard doesn't need any more ammunition to come after the buddy team with additional lawsuits. It doesn't matter if you advertise anything as a guide. The difference is is Zygor doesn't actually show software being used that violates the ToS, nor does it encourage activities that violate the ToS. If you show HB being run and show people how to sell gold, Blizzard is going to come after your friend. This is a given. Your friend better have some deep pockets if he plans to fight Blizz and their legal team, or hope he sells enough to justify fighting Blizzard in a legal court. EDIT: Your friend can't post videos of gameplay of wow, or use wow's name on youtube, without their permission. You can say that there's tons of people that do this and you'd be right, but Blizzard can enforce their IP rights however they want. If they report your friend's videos/channels to Youtube, the videos will be removed and your friend will most likely start receiving cease and desist letters from Blizz's legal team.
Yes they will sue him for making the guide. They will not sue him/cannot sue him for using programs/bots.
It is against the law in some countries. in most it isn't. Korea (South i believe) for example banned it in June 2012 by law. trading virtual currency illegal in korea
right. at least in 1st world countries. in developing and 3rd world countries it is still profitable. here where i live is the usual daily salary about 10 us$. could be called a developing country i guess. energy costs are a joke (about 20$/month) and internet is cheap too. 10$ per day can still be made with 3 bots. upgrading to 5 bots will earn you a decent life. remember... not a 1st world country.
Considering he makes about 2k a month using the tricks in the guide id say it is a pretty decent guide
im sure he does. Everything is online allr, theres nothing new he would add. This game is 10 yrs old, i doubt he would add something we dont know allr. Just cause he compiles some of the most known tricks ever and bundles it into a sellable package doesnt make it worth while. But then again, lazy and clueless people will buy all. OT: legal, no one will do a thing.
if he plans to sell it, remind him about copyright law. no pictures from blizzard, no pictures from honorbuddy(?). if he uses blizz pictures, he might be breaking international copyright law and might be sued by blizzard.
If he really makes 2k a month with it, he has to be really dumb to make a guide about it. But yeah it can be easily done by selling CM runs or raid boosts
