Bungie Finally Wins Anti-Cheat Case, AimJunkies Pays $4.3 Million For Destiny 2 Cheats:
Bungie won its first big court case against a person who made cheats for Destiny 2. The judge gave Bungie $4.3 million. A $3.6 million fine as well as $738,000 in legal fees have been given to AimJunkies. This is great news for the people who made Destiny 2, and it also sets a standard that other developers could follow in the future.
Most notably, cheaters in Destiny 2 have tried to make a name for themselves among Raid races, which are the most prestigious races in the game. So far, it doesn’t look like these attempts have worked, but the idea that cheating is common seems to have upset Bungie. This has led the company to go on a bit of a crusade against cheater in the court of law.
They were found to have “bypassed Bungie’s technical protection measure in breach of the DMCA.” This was good news for Bungie. James May, a third-party cheat developer, said in court that he used reverse engineering tools to make cheats for the game. This helped lead to these conclusions.
He also said that when he was caught and banned more than once, he tried to get around those bans and the protections Bungie put in place to stop reverse engineering. In the end, the judge said that AimJunkies had to pay Bungie $4.3 million in fees and damages.
Who Are The AimJunkies:
AimJunkies is a program that makes cheats for games like Destiny 2. With auto-aiming, these cheats can make it easier to hit enemies, and other benefits can help a player beat other players in multiplayer game modes or just boost their account.
Some of the cheats that the firm has made in the past have been used by raid teams in Destiny 2 to try to finish a new raid first. None of these attempts seem to have worked, which is good news, but it has always been a risk and a source of debate in the Destiny 2 community.
Last Year, The Case Against AimJunkies Was Thrown Out At First:
Last year, Bungie’s case against AimJunkies was thrown out at first. This happened because AimJunkies was able to show that making cheats didn’t count as stealing someone else’s work. The company’s lawyers said that the hacks being used were completely original, so Bungie’s argument didn’t make sense.
After winning against Bungie, the company began to attack by sending subpoenas to other companies and using this as an example. But the judges didn’t like this, so they threw out the cases.
Phoenix Digital Group Made A Very Angry Statement About Bungie:
Last August, the parent company of AimJunkies, Phoenix Digital Group LLC, made a harsh statement about Bungie. The statement said, in part, “Bungie and their lawyers seem to think that the more you throw at the wall, the more likely it is that something will stick with the court, no matter how silly or absurd it is in the real world.”
Even though May doesn’t work for AimJunkies or its parent company, they can still be held accountable because May’s actions were used to make the software that AimJunkies then sold. They are also being fined $2,500 per offence for other cheats they sold on their site. There were 102 violations listed, which added up to $255,000.
The “trafficking in circumvention devices” is where most of the $4.3 million comes from. For each time they did this, they were told to pay $2,500 in damages. This meant that for 1,361 violations, they had to pay a total of $3,402,500. The company was also told to pay Bungie’s attorney fees and other costs related to the case.
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Next Week, Light-fall Will Be Out:
Bungie must be able to relax now that the worst way to cheat in Destiny 2 has been taken away. The developer is probably focused on the release of the game’s upcoming big expansion, Light-fall, which would come out next week after the epic end to the last season of The Witch Queen’s content, which has been out for about a year.