England and Wales Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has
recently ruled against a pair of cheat developers in association with Epsilon
(a former outfit related to GTA games) for infringing on the copyright by
coding and selling the software.
The Grand Theft Auto (GTA) games are all about bad behavior for making
money. Nevertheless, in the real world, their developer and publisher –
Rockstar Games, Inc. and parent Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. – go hard
on getting any hint about rules being broken, and thus, all the way to suing
cheat app makers for Copyright Infringement.
The recent ruling is in relation to one such legal action that has gone
well for the UK Company. It is a summary judgment meaning that the case would
not go to trial.
Rockstar’s original Copyright
Infringement Application for a summary judgment named five
defendants, three of which have settled the case in the meantime. Rest two who
chose to try their luck in court though affirmed their involvement with
Epsilon, yet made efforts to invalidate the violation argument. They did so by
saying that their team provided a disclaimer of liability to users of their
cheat for the online gameplay GTA V. Nonetheless, the court said that this was
a mere window-dressing.
In general, these cheats are known as the ‘mod menu’ and allow gamers to
enjoy several advantages while playing. These sometimes unlock virtual in-game
items and currency for which they would otherwise need to pay the real money.
Another thing the defendants said in their defense was that the Epsilon
developed its software by forking the already existing code, which is available
online. It means they downloaded the source code from a popular and well-known
public cheating website. But, the court rejected this argument also and ruled
in favor of Rockstar’s claim of violation of the contract against one
defendant, dropping the charge against the other because he was a minor when
the offense took place.
Although the case won’t go to the trial in association with the copyright
charges, the issue related to legal cost may still require a trial. But Justice
Falk, who signed the order, said that she hoped the parties would try to settle
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