Destiny 2 cheat creators come to a $13.5 million settlement with Bungie
by Alice Newcome-Beill from The Verge - All Posts on (#60G0Q)
Combating cheats is costly business, but more costly if you make them. | Image: Bungie In a rather spectacular conclusion to a lawsuit filed by Bungie in August of last year, the owners of the Destiny 2 cheat domains, Veterancheats, LaviCheats, and Elite Boss Tech, will have to pay a settlement totaling roughly $13.5 million in damages. The math of this settlement comes from a fine of $2,000 per violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's anti-circumvention provisions - 17 US Code Section 1201 a and b - multiplied by the roughly 6,765 unique downloads of the program in question.
According to a report by Andy Maxwell on TorrentFreak, Bungie accused the defendants of breaching copyright law in addition to racketeering, fraud, money laundering, and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
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