The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for PC (" Skyrim" for short).I think it would help to walk through two specific examples, to illustrate the broad range of possible answers to this question. However, it is difficult to see how making use of such facilities could possibly violate any law, regulation, or agreement, and so the rest of this answer will focus on modding. In some cases, cheaters can use facilities which are deliberately built into the game, without modifying it (e.g. The difference between modding and cheating is largely a matter of semantics. There is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question. But does this legal argument also extend to modifying (or "hacking") the game binary of a single-player game itself? This court case established the legality of using the device "Game Genie" to modify the way a console game is played.
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In her ruling, Smith compared usage of the Game Genie to "skipping portions of a book" or fast-forwarding through a purchased movie thus the altered game content did not constitute the creation of a derivative work as Nintendo had argued. Here is something I found in my research: Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. I have searched Google and not found any cases anywhere regarding someone being sued for 'cheating' in a Singleplayer (offline) game, but due to the way the copyright laws are worded, there seems to be a grey area surrounding this subject. That DRM stuff relates to making keygens and cracking software According to these laws it's considered ' copyright infringement' to modify software one does not have the copyright to, which basically stops people from 'hacking' any games or software, but nobody is trying to hack the Digital rights management (DRM). I understand there are laws like the Circumvention of Technological Measure (CTM), Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).