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A jury hands Bungie a victory in a landmark anti-cheating decision


It may be the first jury to say cheats violate copyrights.

The landmark decision may be the first time a jury has agreed that a cheat creator violated a gaming company’s copyrights. Bungie counsel James Barker said in a statement emailed to The Verge that the company is “committed to our players and will continue to protect them against cheats, including taking this and future cases all the way to trial.” In 2021, Bungie sued AimJunkies and four defendants (here’s a PDF of the complaint), alleging, among other things, that they hacked Destiny 2 to copy the code used to make cheats.

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