MMO Glider is a program that allows users to continue playing World of Warcraft without having to control the game manually. Player characters can be assigned to tasks "like farm mobs for XP or attend battlegrounds," without having to sit at the computer.

Blizzard maintain that programs like MMO Glider aren't in the spirit of the game, the company considers the bot a cheat. Blizzard have been on the warpath trying to stamp out programs like MMO Glider and were recently in court trying to have the distribution of MMO Glider to World of Warcraft players prohibited.

"On January 28, 2009, a U.S. district court judge ruled in Blizzard’s favor on several issues in the civil case between Blizzard and MDY Industries, LLC."

The press release went into further detail on the ruling "Following these filings and associated court proceedings, a summary judgment was made in July 2008 finding in favor of Blizzard on two counts -- copyright infringement and unlawful interference with our business -- with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act count to be decided in a formal trial. In response to the summary judgment, MDY agreed to a stipulated judgment in the amount of 6 million dollars pending further appeal."

The creator of the bot was found to be personally liable and not the company itself "In addition, the judge ruled that Glider’s creator is personally liable for the damages caused."

The ruling also stipulated that the Glider bot was now no longer legal to distribute "Lastly, the judge ruled that we’re entitled to a permanent injunction against the distribution of Glider, which will take effect shortly unless MDY obtains a stay of the injunction during the appeal process."

You can read the statement in full at the World of Warcraft forums.