This sounds like it could get really technical from a legal perspective!

I'm speculating, but I'm guessing that Splinterlands has blocked bots with the move to Hive - hence this is about 'use' of tokens - the assets are secure on the chain, at least the record, but I guess the Splinterlands team can block certain accounts from playing in certain ways?

Surely Bot operators wouldn't just sell-off if they could just carry on milking?

All speculation on my part, and 'grey' from a legal perspective for sure, if that's the case.