The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a previous ruling that those who bought and played World of Warcraft did not actually own the software, but were merely licensing the game, per the included End User Licensing Agreement.

The case in question deals with a third-party program that allowed gamers to play World of Warcraft without being at their computerCertain tasks were automated, allowing players to level up and gain currency without having to actually play the game.

In a previous ruling it was claimed that by using this program the EULA was broken, thus the player was violating copyright by accessing the gameThe Ninth Circuit Court did not uphold that aspect of the case.