Gaming cheats company AimJunkies found guilty of copyright infringement
A court found a games cheats website guilty of copyright infringement of the popular game Destiny 2. AimJunkies is a cheat and mod distribution website, where users can buy and download cheating software for different games, including for the game Destiny 2. Bungie, the owner of Destiny 2, alleged that Phoenix Digital, the operator of AimJunkies, reverse-engineered the game and copied code to create cheats, thereby infringing on Bungie’s intellectual property rights. Bungie’s legal team argued that Phoenix Digital’s actions violated Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provisions, which prohibit circumventing copyright protection technology. The court found Phoenix Digital guilty of copyright infringement and ordered them to pay USD 63,210 in damages to Bungie. The ruling was seen to set a valuable precedent as it is possibly the first time a jury has found a cheat creator liable for infringing a game company’s copyright. Aimbots and triggerbots An aimbot or autoaim is a type of computer game bot most commonly used in first-person shooter games to provide varying levels of automated target acquisition and calibration to the player. Source: Wikipedia 🔗 System 🤖 AimJunkies 🔗 Operator: Phoenix Digital Developer: Phoenix Digital Country: USA Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts Purpose: Create cheats for PC games Technology: Aimbot Issue: Copyright; Ethics/values; Transparency Regulation 👩🏼⚖️ Digital Millennium Copyright Act Regulatory, legal ⚖️ https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24689095/pages/bungie-v-phoenix-digital-group-jury-decision-p3-large.gif?ts=1716658861898
- Date it happened
- 2024-05-01
- Organisation involved
- Phoenix Digital
- Product, system or model
- AimJunkies
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