Quote Originally Posted by Feron View Post
The real argument against players using third-party bots to play MIDI files isn't that it's ultra-lame (although, real talk: it is. Please stop with the rationalizations, the current state of things is not much different than somehow streaming an 80s Pop Hits channel from Pandora into Gridania.)

The real argument is that MIDIs of copywritten songs are derivative works and it's likely infringement for SE to allow these bot-players to so easily perform (or, you know, at all). At least when you had to actually play something yourself, it reduced the number of hacks by like 99%, which the OP kind of obtusely alluded to.

Metallica and their lawyers will probably hear Enter Sandman playing in Limsa from all the way in Colorado, and the more popular this feature becomes, the more likely it is that it's going to somehow get ruined for everybody.

All that said, I don't expect SE to do anything until they're literally forced to.
Isnt it lame people are playing a video game someone else made and not making one themselves? Takes away from other game creators. Probably should fix this issue.