In August last year, “Destiny 2” developer Bungie initiated a lawsuit against plug-in producers such as Veterancheats, LaviCHeats, and Elite Boss Tech, and has reached a settlement, determined to pay a total of about 13.5 million US dollars (about 9058.5 RMB 10,000) compensation.
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According to a report by Andy Maxwell on TorrentFreak, Bungie accused the defendants of violating copyright law in addition to racketeering, fraud, money laundering, and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
In addition to impacting the Destiny 2 gameplay experience, Bungie said in earlier court filings that the availability of these cheats meant its “anti-cheat vigil would never stop” and that taking anti-cheat measures “was prohibitively expensive.”
The case was due to go to trial, but now Bungie has settled with defendants Robert James Duthie Nelson, Elite Boss Tech, and 11020781 Canada. The settlement was calculated as a $2,000 fine for each violation of the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions (17 USC § 1201 a and b), multiplied by approximately 6,765 unique downloads of the program.
Moreover, cases like this are becoming more common. Back in January, Activision sued EngineOwning, the developer of the Call of Duty plug-in, on similar allegations, and is now seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
