After nearly a year back and forth in and out of court, Elite Boss Tech cheat software developers have agreed to pay $ 13.5 million ($ 19 million) in damages to Bungie. The cheat maker had previously offered Destiny 2 cheat software on its website, which sparked a lawsuit from the Destiny developer last year.
As reported by TorrentFreak, Bungie has now resolved at least one of its many legal battles against sites that manufacture and distribute cheating software for its popular MMO shooter, Destiny 2. On June 9, the owner of Elite Boss Tech, Robert James Duthie Nelson, along with numerous other defendants, agreed that his cheating software adds an unauthorized “graphic overlay” to the game that injects third-party code into Bungie’s copyrighted code, which is a “derivative work. not authorized “.
In addition, Elite Boss Tech acknowledged that its cheating software circumvented the specific technology measures that Bungie created in Destiny 2 to control who could access what in the game, which is a direct violation of anti-fraud provisions. circumvention of the DMCA.
Trap makers also admitted that all this was done deliberately.
As seen in court documents, Elite Boss Tech’s deceptive software was apparently downloaded 6,765 times, with each download counting as a separate and infringing circumvention device, which also violates the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions. . Multiplying the number of alleged discharges by “legal damages of $ 2,000 ($ 2,776) for violation of 17 USC ยง 1201”, the legal defense team reached the agreed payment of $ 13,530,000 ($ 18,782,346).
It all started in August 2021, when the developer of Destiny 2 Bungie, as part of its ongoing legal battle against cheat makers and sellers, filed a lawsuit against Elite Boss Tech for multiple copyright infringements. author.
As TorrentFreak pointed out, for a while it seemed like this case was going to a full trial, as both parties seemed unable to find any way to end the lawsuit. But now it looks like something has changed and Elite Boss Tech has decided to stop fighting Bungie and pay for their rapes. In addition, as part of this agreement, Trap Makers never agrees to create or distribute any software that infringes Bungie’s copyrighted works.