Australian Federal Court Grants Publisher of GTA V Game Right To Search Homes of Five People Accused of Making Cheat Software (bbc.com)

Posted by msmash on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @02:05AM from the how-about-that dept.

The publisher of video game Grand Theft Auto V has been granted the right to search the homes of five people accused of making cheat software. From a report: The court order allowed Rockstar Games and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, to search two properties in Melbourne, Australia, for evidence related to a cheat known as Infamous. The Australian federal court has also frozen the assets of the five, who have not yet filed a defence. The cheat went offline six months ago. It allowed players who paid about $40 to manipulate the gaming environment, generate virtual currency and use a "god mode" feature that makes players invincible.

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Re:private company search? by Windowser · 2018-10-17 02:28 · Score: 3, Interesting

In Canada, it's called a civil search warrant.
It was used last year against a Kodi addon dev
https://www.cbc.ca/news/busine...

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