Blizzard Sues Overwatch 'Cheat' Maker For Copyright Infringement (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday July 4, 2016 @08:05AM from the interesting-moves dept.

From a TorrentFreak report: Blizzard Entertainment is suing Bossland, the maker of the popular Overwatch cheat tool "Watchover Tyrant" and several other game cheats. Among other things, the developer accuses the German company of various forms of copyright infringement and unfair competition. Blizzard is not happy with the Overwatch cheat and has filed a lawsuit against the German maker, Bossland GMBH, at a federal court in California. Bossland also sells cheats for various other titles such as World of Warcraft, Diablo 3 and Heroes of the Storm, which are mentioned in the complaint as well. The game developer accuses the cheat maker of various forms of copyright infringement, unfair competition, and violating the DMCA's anti-circumvention provision. According to Blizzard these bots and cheats also cause millions of dollars in lost sales, as they ruin the games for many legitimate players. "Moreover, by releasing 'Overwatch Cheat' just days after the release of 'Overwatch,' Defendants are attempting to destroy or irreparably harm that game before it even has had a chance to fully flourish."

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lol by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-04 08:10 · Score: -1, Troll

I hope people make entire botnets use this cheat. This is great.
1. Re:lol by Anonymous Coward · 2016-07-04 09:28 · Score: -1, Troll
  
  And I hope telemarketers all over the world get all the phone numbers of everyone in your family, thieves steal everything in your house and the IRS decides to review your income from the first day you had any.
  Voting Hillary I see .
Re:Blizzard takes games seriously by Doub · 2016-07-04 09:00 · Score: -1, Troll

If they really cared about the business they'd hire better programmers rather than more lawyers.