{"id":20130,"date":"2022-07-20T11:28:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T11:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bungie-now-suing-destiny-2-cheaters-copyright-trolls-ban-evaders-and-serial-harassers\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T11:28:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T11:28:53","slug":"bungie-now-suing-destiny-2-cheaters-copyright-trolls-ban-evaders-and-serial-harassers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bungie-now-suing-destiny-2-cheaters-copyright-trolls-ban-evaders-and-serial-harassers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bungie Now Suing ‘Destiny 2’ Cheaters, Copyright Trolls, Ban Evaders And Serial Harassers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thinking of messing with Destiny 2, its developers, or its community? Think again.<\/p>\n

That’s the message that Bungie seems to want to convey with a frankly loud string of arguments across a number of different issues regarding the game. Bungie has been on a legal frenzy, culminating this week in yet another case, this time involving a player making threats against employees, among other offenses. Here’s what’s been going on over the past year:<\/p>\n

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  • August 2021<\/strong> \u2013 Bungie and Ubisoft announce they are jointly suing Ring-1, a cheat manufacturer, which appears to still be ongoing, and the site still has Destiny cheats listed.<\/li>\n
  • April 2022<\/strong> \u2013 A court partially dismisses claims against cheat-maker AimJunkies, after Bungie’s claims that they copied their work to make cheats didn’t hold up. But AimJunkies no longer has Destiny cheats after being sued.<\/li>\n
  • March 2022<\/strong> \u2013 Bungie announces it is suing an individual, Nicholas Minor, aka LordNazo, who filed 96 false takedown notices with YouTube posing as Bungie or IP companies believe working with them, which they hurt their relationship with their community. Minor was himself a YouTuber who had his channel removed for actual copyright violation using Bungie IP, and the scheme appeared to be a mix of revenge and a misguided plot to try and get his own channel reinstated. He’s being sued for $7.6 million in damage, and the lawsuit is ongoing.<\/li>\n
  • June 2022<\/strong> \u2013 Bungie wins a argument against cheat creator Elite Boss Tech for $13.5 million, where the \u201cunlicensed derivative\u201d copyright defense did hold up.<\/li>\n
  • July 2022<\/strong> \u2013 Yesterday, Bungie filed a lawsuit against Luca Leone, a streamer who evaded bans 13 different times, streamed himself using cheats, sells social media accounts and Destiny emblems, and most pressingly, has made a number of threats against Bungie and its employees, including but not limited to \u201cjoking\u201d about burning its headquarters down and moving to Seattle and saying the game’s community manager was \u201cnot safe\u201d with him so close. Bungie is suing for $150,000 in damages, and is moving to get the court to block Leone from contacting any Bungie employees or players. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    While these may not be the first arguments for each of these issues in the gaming field, it’s a pretty clear strategy that Bungie is pulling out all the stops to protect its game, employees and its community, though they have faced pushback for the legal action from some. A chorus of those claiming that Bungie is \u201cruining the lives\u201d of young players (the last two cases) over a game, but again, in the second case, those are serious threats that cannot merely be dismissed as \u201ctrolling.\u201d The first case was someone literally posing as a corporation hunting down its own players (even if a secondary culprit there is YouTube and their terrible DMCA takedown system). <\/p>\n

    The idea here is to make example of cheaters, cheat-sellers, trolls and harassers in order to further discourage that behavior. We do not know what will happen with a number of these cases as they move forward, and how they may reshape the community, but it’s pretty clear that Bungie will not hesitate to use severe legal action against the worst elements of its playerbase to try and protect itself and the broader community. I’m curious if other companies may start following their lead if these cases pan out in their favor, as obviously Destiny is far from the only game facing these kinds of issues.<\/p>\n

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