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Bungie, the Creator of Destiny 2, Sues a Hack Development Group
Last August, Bungie, the developer of Destiny 2, filed a lawsuit against the owners of three website domains: Veterancheats, LaviCheats, and Elite Boss Tech for providing cheating software for Destiny 2 on their websites.
In the lawsuit, Bungie also accused the cheat developers selling on the aforementioned websites of violating digital copyright laws, fraud, money laundering, and violating the Abuse and Fraud Act through computers.
Bungie stated that they had to spend a significant amount of money and resources to develop solutions against the unfair advantage created by cheating software in the game.
The outcome of the lawsuit was the judge ruling that the individuals behind these websites had violated section 1201, subsections a and b of the DMCA law regarding anti-cheating and ordered them to compensate Bungie $2,000 for each violation.
According to court documents, Elite Boss Tech's cheating software has been downloaded 6765 times, with each download considered a separate violation device. Consequently, Elite Boss Tech's total compensation to Bungie will be $13,530,000. Additionally, Elite Boss Tech must confirm that they will never create or distribute any cheating software for Bungie's products in the future.
Not only Bungie, but other game developers like Ubisoft, Activision, and Riot Games are also striving to crack down on cheat providers to help players cheat in their products such as Rainbow Six Siege, Valorant, and Call of Duty. Earlier this January, Activision filed a lawsuit against the EngineOwning group, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation.
In the future, there may be numerous cases of online game companies suing websites and programming groups that develop cheating software.
(Reference: QTM)
