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Bungie Wins Another Lawsuit Against Destiny 2 Cheat-Makers
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 59138" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Bungie has been awarded $6.7 million in damages and legal fees after winning yet another anti-cheating lawsuit, this time against the defendant LaviCheats.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/destiny-2" target="_blank">The Destiny 2 developer</a> was awarded a total of $6,700,973, and 34 cents in a default ruling handed down by U.S. district judge Tana Lin, according to a legal document tweeted by Axios’ <a href="https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1655640429105143835" target="_blank">Stephen Totilo</a>, and reported on by <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bungie-keeps-winning-lawsuits-against-destiny-2-cheaters-for-millions-of-dollars/1100-6513922/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f" target="_blank">GameSpot</a>.</p><p></p><p>“NEWS: Bungie wins another cheating lawsuit: a $6.7 million award against Lavicheats, which it sued in 2021”, read Totilo’s tweet. “Defendant never responded to the suit. Was a default judgement. Bungie said the cheats had been downloaded more than 1,700 times, says it spent $2m battling cheat-makers.”</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>More specifically, the judgment punished LaviCheats for a number of copyright and trademark law violations, while also awarding Bungie over $240,000 to cover its legal costs and attorney fees.</p><p></p><p>Bungie’s legal win came after the owner of LaviCheats, who lives in India according to a subsequent tweet from Totilo, failed to respond to the legal action, which was first filed back in 2021.</p><p></p><p>The past few years have seen <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/destiny-2-cheat-lawsuit-13-million-settlement" target="_blank">Bungie engage in a protracted legal campaign against cheat-makers</a> in which it's won a number of victories, <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/destiny-developer-bungie-wins-43-million-anti-cheating-lawsuit" target="_blank">accruing millions of dollars in damages in the process</a>.</p><p></p><p>Earlier this week Bungie claimed a seperate legal victory against the cheat-making company VeteranCheats, this time winning damages to the tune of $12 million. The company also recently <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-continues-anti-cheating-crack-down-as-it-targets-third-party-peripherals" target="_blank">revealed its tough new policy towards players who would use third party peripherals to manipulate the Destiny 2 game client</a> in order to gain an unfair advantage over other gamers, which would see it hand out restrictions and bans to offending players.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Anthony is a freelance contributor covering science and video gaming news for IGN. He has over eight years experience of covering breaking developments in multiple scientific fields and absolutely no time for your shenanigans. Follow him on Twitter @BeardConGamer</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-wins-another-lawsuit-against-destiny-2-cheat-makers" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 59138, member: 1"] Bungie has been awarded $6.7 million in damages and legal fees after winning yet another anti-cheating lawsuit, this time against the defendant LaviCheats. [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/destiny-2']The Destiny 2 developer[/URL] was awarded a total of $6,700,973, and 34 cents in a default ruling handed down by U.S. district judge Tana Lin, according to a legal document tweeted by Axios’ [URL='https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1655640429105143835']Stephen Totilo[/URL], and reported on by [URL='https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bungie-keeps-winning-lawsuits-against-destiny-2-cheaters-for-millions-of-dollars/1100-6513922/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f']GameSpot[/URL]. “NEWS: Bungie wins another cheating lawsuit: a $6.7 million award against Lavicheats, which it sued in 2021”, read Totilo’s tweet. “Defendant never responded to the suit. Was a default judgement. Bungie said the cheats had been downloaded more than 1,700 times, says it spent $2m battling cheat-makers.” More specifically, the judgment punished LaviCheats for a number of copyright and trademark law violations, while also awarding Bungie over $240,000 to cover its legal costs and attorney fees. Bungie’s legal win came after the owner of LaviCheats, who lives in India according to a subsequent tweet from Totilo, failed to respond to the legal action, which was first filed back in 2021. The past few years have seen [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/destiny-2-cheat-lawsuit-13-million-settlement']Bungie engage in a protracted legal campaign against cheat-makers[/URL] in which it's won a number of victories, [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/destiny-developer-bungie-wins-43-million-anti-cheating-lawsuit']accruing millions of dollars in damages in the process[/URL]. Earlier this week Bungie claimed a seperate legal victory against the cheat-making company VeteranCheats, this time winning damages to the tune of $12 million. The company also recently [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-continues-anti-cheating-crack-down-as-it-targets-third-party-peripherals']revealed its tough new policy towards players who would use third party peripherals to manipulate the Destiny 2 game client[/URL] in order to gain an unfair advantage over other gamers, which would see it hand out restrictions and bans to offending players. Anthony is a freelance contributor covering science and video gaming news for IGN. He has over eight years experience of covering breaking developments in multiple scientific fields and absolutely no time for your shenanigans. Follow him on Twitter @BeardConGamer [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-wins-another-lawsuit-against-destiny-2-cheat-makers"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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