Neither EA nor Activision take any action against Cheat site.

[MNToothpick]

Maybe I'm just one person making my own report, but EA and Activision have not done anything against the site I reported.

[Vreki]

Re: Neither EA nor Activision take any action against Cheat site.

Maybe I'm just one person making my own report, but EA and Activision have not done anything against the site I reported.

There could be a number of reasons:
1) Is it even illegal? Hardware hack of consoles are sold in the open where I live, and I have never heard of anyone arrested because of a software hack.
2) Can they show any damages? How many lost sales due to this particular hack site? That sounds like an impossible task
3) The site is likely hosted in nowhereistan where US legal teams cant reach them even if they wanted.

[MNToothpick]

Re: Neither EA nor Activision take any action against Cheat site.

The law in the area is still evolving very slowly. The old "law of quarters" cases would suggest that people cannot use items which would accelerate their play progression (aimbots allow people to level up faster). See Midway Manufacturing Co. v. Artic International, Inc., 547 F. Supp. 999 (N.D. Ill. 1982) which found, ""Speeded-up games end sooner than normal games and consequently if players are willing to pay an additional price-per-minute in exchange for the challenge and excitement of a faster game, licensees will take in greater total revenues. Video game copyright owners would undoubtedly like to lay their hands on some of that extra revenue and therefore it cannot be assumed that licensees are implicitly authorized to use speeded-up circuit boards in the machines plaintiff supplies."

An aimbot in a game might prevent you from purchasing a XP boost product, for example.

Likewise, you can always do some background reading about the MDY Blizzard case.

As litigation is both expensive and uncertain, many individuals and companies will avoid it if possible.

As for individual players pursuing action (or via Class actions), the only case I am aware of was the Herandez v. IGE case.

Finally, the website is at least registered in the US from what I can tell.

I feel the aimbot problem will, if not checked, contribute to a major decline in software sales. Players get tired of buying new hardware and new games just to encounter the same old problems. It is just as easy to play an older title, like CS:S, and not upgrade.

[AWP Fodder]

Re: Neither EA nor Activision take any action against Cheat site.

Hacking is always a bad thing.

[JoshJ5Hawk]

Re: Neither EA nor Activision take any action against Cheat site.

Yea, AimBots are crap man. Best of luck with you with this!
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MNToothpick, are your from Minnesota? :)

[sarah2]

Re: Neither EA nor Activision take any action against Cheat site.

under the Supp. 999 (N.D. Ill. 1982) which found, "Speeded-up games end sooner than normal games and consequently if players are willing to pay an additional price-per-minute in exchange for the challenge and excitement of a faster game, licensees will take in greater total revenues.

Sarah