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"7,000 potential violations of civil law" Serious (and probably naive) question, what law are they breaking? My understanding of TOSs is that the company can
by Kurtz79 8y ago
"7,000 potential violations of civil law"
Serious (and probably naive) question, what law are they breaking?
My understanding of TOSs is that the company can unilaterally deny a user the stipulated service if they believe they are breaking the terms, but not taking you to court over it.
"Undermines enjoying for users playing fairly in online modes" doesn't strike me as a punishable offense.
If the cheats involved unlawful access to the server it would be hacking, I guess, but if they work on a local PC and users used them willingly, I don't see how they can be held liable.
Copyright infringement?
- onli 8y agoDestruction of Property?
- floatingatoll 8y ago"What law are they breaking?" is the important question to ask here, and I don't have a good answer. I'm not familiar with Australian law, and none of the articles about this seem to have done their due diligence in that respect. I assume that's why they all led with "homes raided" and "funds frozen", since otherwise there'd be no story yet. For example: "Team of 5 sued in court over creating and selling a video game cheating tool to thousands of players" Is this interesting? Absolutely. Does it have the same emotional 'clickbait' hook as this? "Team of 5 have funds frozen before they get a chance to respond to allegations" Or the actual headline here? "GTA 'cheats' home raided" Not even slightly. Don't let a newspaper headline frame the issue for you. The issue here is simple: "Is it legal, under Australian law, to sell software that violates the terms of service of an online service only when executed by the buyer?"