A Study Of Laws On Cyber Game Robots And The Countermeasures

In recent years, the cyber game industry is quickly developed in China. The cyber game becomes a main kind of entertainment, it is accepted by more and more people. However in the shadow of this industry, there still lies some problems, which including the legal problems from the cyber game robots. The robot is a computer program that relies on the cyber game software. It can reach some special goals that the cyber games could not make by themselves. The robots grow with the development of the cyber game industry. They are initially neglected during the days when the cyber games developed slowly. But the robots threaten the "fair play" environment and the model of operation after the industrialization of cyber game. The underground robot industry is also expanding. It attempts to share the profits from the cyber game industry. Not all of the robots break laws. The robots can be classified by different ways. The author tries to differentiate the robots into the harmless ones and the vicious ones. The vicious robot should be restricted by laws because of its illegal factors. The author tries to describe the importance of this classification through analyzing some typical instances. General robot's behaviors include making, using, revising, copying and selling the cyber game robots. The vicious robot seriously infringes the copyright of software, and can be dealt as torts or breach of contract. Under some circumstance, the vicious robot may violate the criminal law. The author further analyzes the indispensability to restrict vicious robots through some cases, and discusses the possibility of restricting robots by legal theory and technical method. Next, the author analyzes the current relevant laws in China and other countries, points out the flaw and the shortage in legislation on restriction of robots. Finally, the author gives out some suggestions on restriction of robots according to the situation of current cyber game industry.