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[cormack12]

 

[ManaByte]

With a court case on record other companies now have precedent to go after all cheat makers.

In before people try to justify being a dickless cheater in a competitive online FPS as usually happens in the Cronos threads.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Reading this thread title from the front page made it sound like they got $63 instead.

Which, I mean, well....that's a thing.

 

[IAmRei]

Reading this thread title from the front page made it sound like they got $63 instead.

Which, I mean, well....that's a thing.

I thought it just me..

 

[nush]

If Game Genie and Action Replay were legal, how is this illegal?

 

[Pelta88]

If Game Genie and Action Replay were legal, how is this illegal?

Copyright Law.

 

[March Climber]

If Game Genie and Action Replay were legal, how is this illegal?

I would need to read more about it, but my first guess is that it breaks the game's EULA/TOS that everyone normally agrees to when playing any online game.

 

[mitch1971]

If Game Genie and Action Replay were legal, how is this illegal?

Maybe they were seen as fun in those days. We have legit money competitions, now. Just my first brain fart thoughts on this.

 

[ReBurn]

With a court case on record other companies now have precedent to go after all cheat makers.

In before people try to justify being a dickless cheater in a competitive online FPS as usually happens in the Cronos threads.

"What about disabled gamers?" is the question a lot of folks like to hide behind. That's what I was hit with the last time I waded into a thread about cheating with devices.

 

[TheKratos]

I hope they go for all those fucking cheat developers. Also, they need to go after the likes of cronus.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

With a court case on record other companies now have precedent to go after all cheat makers.

In before people try to justify being a dickless cheater in a competitive online FPS as usually happens in the Cronos threads.

I use cheats in single player games. I don't trust developers not to be fucking morons and go after cheat happens.

Remember that SE encrypted FF13 save files

 

[Hudo]

You only need Cheatengine anyway. Everything else is a scam.

 

[willothedog]

With a court case on record other companies now have precedent to go after all cheat makers.

In before people try to justify being a dickless cheater in a competitive online FPS as usually happens in the Cronos threads.

'all' cheat makers? Only if they are based in the States.

 

[DaciaJC]

It's good that they're going after multiplayer cheat makers, but I'm afraid how rulings like these might set an ugly precedent with respect to mods.

 

[LordCBH]

Good. These cheat sellers for online multiplayer games need to lose everything.

 

[winjer]

It's good that some companies are going after cheaters and cheat makers.
Too many good MP games are ruined by this scum.

 

[Magic Carpet]

It's good that they're going after multiplayer cheat makers, but I'm afraid how rulings like these might set an ugly precedent with respect to mods.

If they go after single player games I'll start to worry. but things like Online multiplayer where fairness is kind of needed. Yea throw the books at modders who cheat.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I would need to read more about it, but my first guess is that it breaks the game's EULA/TOS that everyone normally agrees to when playing any online game.

EULA are for the vast majority unenforceable, they will never hold in court. Corpos are counting on you not knowing it.

 

[Griffon]

While I hate cheats, this ruling sounds like absolute dangerous dogshit. Modifying games akin to copyright infringements?! Like wtf are US courts thinking? This could lead to some real ugly consequences.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

It's good that they're going after multiplayer cheat makers, but I'm afraid how rulings like these might set an ugly precedent with respect to mods.

Hell just downloading a save game file from Nexus would probably be technically illegal. Those TOS are brutal.

 

[Pejo]

Net good for game fairness, but I'm a bit worried this will bleed over into mods now that there's precedent.

 

[Sophist]

One could build on this to make ad blockers illegal and to punish the developers.

 

[poppabk]

One could build on this to make ad blockers illegal and to punish the developers.

Only in your browser. And then people would switch to another browser.

 

[Fafalada]

I would need to read more about it, but my first guess is that it breaks the game's EULA/TOS that everyone normally agrees to when playing any online game.

But most cheat makers don't actually play games.
Either way, unless this is somehow linked to intent, mods are dead in US.

 

[MasterCornholio]

I don't mind people cheating and modding their games for their enjoyment. But please keep that out of the online space as that ruins the fun for those of us that don't cheat.

 

[Miles708]

This is ridiculous.
They're online games, you don't need the *fucking law* to go after people that cheat on a stupid mindless online game, unless they make money off it.

This world is a parody or am I on crazy pills

 

[poppabk]

This is ridiculous.
They're online games, you don't need the *fucking law* to go after people that cheat on a stupid mindless online game, unless they make money off it.

This world is a parody or am I on crazy pills

The $60k is the money they made off it.

 

[LordCBH]

This is ridiculous.
They're online games, you don't need the *fucking law* to go after people that cheat on a stupid mindless online game, unless they make money off it.

This world is a parody or am I on crazy pills

They did make money off of it. They sell those cheats.

 

[Miles708]

I missed that part. Ok then as unpleasant as this usage if the law is, they have been objectively stupid

 

[poppabk]

But most cheat makers don't actually play games.
Either way, unless this is somehow linked to intent, mods are dead in US.

Paid mods.

 

[Sophist]

Only in your browser. And then people would switch to another browser.

Alphabet (Google), like Bungee, could also say that ad blockers are modifying the copyrighted code of Youtube, either the html or javascript part, which is a copyright violation.

 

[poppabk]

Alphabet (Google), like Bungee, could also say that ad blockers are modifying the copyrighted code of Youtube, either the html or javascript part, which is a copyright violation.

If someone makes a youtube app based off of Google's code and sells it, yes. Think Google have already shut-down apps like this before. But an ad blocker for a browser they don't own the code to - it wouldn't work.