Source:
Activision
/
Sledgehammer
Games
/
Call
of
Duty:
Modern
Warfare
III
Let
this
lawsuit
be
a
stark
reminder
that
cheating
is
never
worth
it.
Activision
scored
a
massive
win
in
its
ongoing
battle
to
keep
cheating
out
its
ridiculously
popular
first-person
shooter
Call
of
Duty.
Spotted
on
The
Verge,
District
Judge
Michael
Fitzgerald
ordered
several
defendants,
including
EngineOwning,
a
website
specializing
in
cheats
first
sued
by
Activision
in
2022,
to
pay
the
video
game
company
$14.465,600
for
distributing
and
creating
Call
of
Duty
cheats.
To
throw
even
more
salt
in
EngineOwning’s
open
wound,
the
judge
said
the
website
has
to
be
handed
over
to
Activision
to
cease
making
cheats
and
to
pay
an
additional
$292,912
in
attorney
fees
to
Activision.
Ouch.
Hilariously,
even
after
the
judge’s
ruling,
the
website
is
still
up
and
running
and
selling
Call
of
Duty
cheats
like
“Aimbot,”
which
automatically
aims
and
fires
at
opponents,
or
the
ability
to
see
players
through
walls
for
several
matches.
Activision
Already
Got
$3
Million
In
A
Pair
of
Settlements
This
latest
financial
win
for
Activision
adds
to
the
$3
million
it
got
in
a
pair
of
settlements
from
Ignacio
Gayduchenko
and
Manuel
Santiago.
Both
individuals,
per
IGN’s
reporting,
work
with
EngineOwning.
Several
people’s
names
were
in
the
original
lawsuit
but
failed
to
respond,
which
led
Activision
to
ask
the
court
to
take
action
in
April
and
subsequently
to
yesterday’s
ruling.
Per
The
Verge:
The
judge
found
EngineOwning
and
its
many
associated
defendants
guilty
of
violating
the
Digital
Millennium
Copyright
Act
and
the
Computer
Fraud
and
Abuse
Act.
He
also
found
them
guilty
of
“intentionally”
inducing
players
to
buy
and
use
cheats,
despite
knowing
that
the
Call
of
Duty
terms
of
use
forbid
it.
If
this
doesn’t
scare
other
websites
from
creating
and
selling
Call
of
Duty
cheats,
we
don’t
know
what
will.
You
can
see
reactions
to
the
news
in
the
gallery
below.
