These objects only serve a historical purpose now and do not have any real effect except to annoy everyone. This did work for a few hours as the original CopyBot would interpret it as a command to quit, but CopyBot was quickly patched to ignore it.

The CopyBot Defeater is an object which tries to get rid of CopyBots by sending the message '!quit' over and over again to everyone in range.

The use of programs that can copy other residents' creations is a violation, even if you do not use that ability. CopyBot and other clients that work like it have been banned from SL, unless they have been programmed to restrict themselves to copying only the user's own creations.Help or Mentors will not tell you where to get the CopyBot.You can also file an abuse report about the use of a noncompliant client, but this is not an effective replacement for a DMCA notice. If an object of yours is copied, you can file a DMCA notice against the copier.Using CopyBot or any other software to make copies of avatars, objects, or textures that you did not create, beyond what the official Second Life viewer allows, is a breach of the Second Life Terms of Service and can result in being banned.It is a program which a person runs on their computer instead of running the regular Second Life viewer. CopyBot is not an object in Second Life, nor a script.In other words, CopyBot can't copy contents of prims. It cannot enter a shop and copy all of the products because all it can see is the vendors. CopyBot can only copy objects it can directly see.The copier does not even need to own the object. CopyBot does not need permissions to copy an object.CopyBot is a program written with libsecondlife (not affiliated with or distributed by the libsecondlife team) that connects to Second Life which allows users to make copies of objects without the permission of their creators.

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