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Do you know how many unintended consequences that criminalizing cheating in video games are going to have? Many, many things can be defined as though it is a "g
by Der_Einzige 5y ago
Do you know how many unintended consequences that criminalizing cheating in video games are going to have? Many, many things can be defined as though it is a "game" or even a "video game".
This is such a terrible policy decision, that I very much hope that no old fart in the US house or Senate ever has this idea. I worry every time that AOC plays league because she may run into the xearth scripter who causes here to have this very same "insight".
- dogma1138 5y agoAgain I stated that I don’t think new legislation is required computer misuse acts and civil litigation is more than adequate currently, ban cheaters find a way to issue a restraining order to prevent them from using your service and if they disobey it they are facing contempt which is a criminal offense. For the people that make money off selling cheats and or are disrupting the service at scale current laws that cover computer misuse should be sufficient. I am perfectly happy to have the book thrown at someone who hacks say a Minecraft server to fuck with someone just as I’m happy to see someone who breaks into someones property and ransacks it. Computer misuse, trespassing, public nuisance and property damage are already criminal offenses. Cheating in an online video game can easily fall into one or more of those categories.