Bungie Battles Evasive Cheat Code Sellers in High-Stakes Copyright Trial

On Monday, veteran video game studio Bungie initiated a copyright trial in Seattle, putting a spotlight on the issue of cheat code selling. Bungie’s representatives told the federal jury that a specific group of cheat code sellers didn’t just operate outside of the law, but also took it several steps further. These cheatsellers allegedly deleted financial records and other important data in an attempt to cover their tracks. Notably, Bungie’s legal team claimed that the defendants even fabricated an entire press release about the supposed sale of their website. This fake news was, it seems, concocted as a clever attempt to mislead the game studio and its attorneys during their investigation.

For more information on Bungie’s courtroom battle against cheat code sellers, Law360 provides a more detailed account.