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Guru3D.com » News » GTA V: Cheat Tool Developer Must Pay $150,000 to Take-two

GTA V: Cheat Tool Developer Must Pay $150,000 to Take-two

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/08/2019 08:56 AM | source: | 48 comment(s)
GTA V: Cheat Tool Developer Must Pay $150,000 to Take-two

A US court has ruled in favor of Take-Two in a case against a developer of a cheat software for Grand Theft Auto V. Jhonny Perez must pay the publisher the maximum fine of $ 50,000 in damages. 

Take-Two Interactive last August files against a claim of copyright infringement through the development and dissemination of a cheat tools for GTA V (benchmark review here). The software called "Elusive" enabled, among other things, the generation of the in-game currency GTA-Dollar in the online mode of the game and had a comprehensive menu for various other cheats such as infinite ammunition, the spawning of any vehicle or teleportation. The options were often used by cheaters to make life difficult for other players in GTA Online.

The software was sold at prices ranging from $ 10 to $ 30 on the Internet, how much money Perez has made, is still unknown. The defendant did not respond to any requests and did not defend himself against the allegations. This omission was assessed by the court as a confession of guilt, as can be seen from the judgment (PDF).

Over 500K Alleged Damage

The damage compensation of $150,000 was the maximum for such offenses. Take-Two initially sought an out-of-court settlement but decided by the lack of cooperation from Perez to take action. According to the publisher, cheats with the software caused damage of at least $ 500,000. On the one hand, GTA Online's reputation was damaged by cheaters, and on the other, the software made the purchase of virtual GTA dollars against real currency superfluous.

 







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sverek



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#5637015 Posted on: 02/08/2019 10:16 AM
Good. Hopefully more cheat devs realize that messing with on-line gaming has consequences.

fantaskarsef
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#5637020 Posted on: 02/08/2019 10:25 AM
R* obviously cares, a lot of FPS shooter devs / publishers don't.
Too bad nobody cares to go up against Battlefield cheat suppliesers, they've been in the business for at least 10 years, same homepage, same forum, same guys, no legal action by EA.
It used to be the same with COD when I still played that franchise.

KissSh0t
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#5637029 Posted on: 02/08/2019 10:44 AM
Now if any game dev / publisher
*cough*
EA
*cough*
could go after the creator of the artificial aiming hacks that would be great thanks.

0blivious
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#5637054 Posted on: 02/08/2019 12:01 PM
I typically hate siding with a big corporation but this is a win for honest gamers. Much like drug dealing though, I don't see this verdict scaring away other hackers in the future. It's "easy" money.

FOG>Daheee
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#5637071 Posted on: 02/08/2019 12:46 PM
Yup EA get your head out of the Sand. I have not played BF V in days, because of the cheat problem.

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