Destiny 2 cheat creators cough up $13.5 million to Bungie for damages to copyright

Nearly a 12 months since Bungie first filed a lawsuit towards cheat supplier Elite Boss Tech, the illicit firm has agreed to pay $13.5 million to the builders of Destiny 2 for infringing on their copyright. As first reported on by TorrentFreak, this marks the conclusion of an extended and expensive battle for the defendants, who’ve discovered themselves immediately strapped for money (which is an effective factor).

The firm, together with named defendants and several other nameless creators and suppliers of cheats, are additionally completely banned from additional creation or distribution of any software program that infringes on mental property belonging to Bungie.

As to how the lofty $13.5 million determine was reached, an settlement between Bungie and Elite Boss Tech had the latter get together admit to hundreds of violations of the Bungie DMCA software program current in Destiny 2. Since the software program which breached this DMCA was downloaded 6,765 occasions, with every violation representing $2,000 in damages, these figures multiply to achieve the overall quantity.

It was simply final August (2021) that Bungie filed the lawsuit towards Elite Boss Tech, claiming that the creation and distribution of dishonest software program was a transparent breach of their copyright. All extra costs have been withdrawn by Bungie, together with fraud, cash laundering, and racketeering.

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