A cheat seller sued by Bungie is now countersuing it for hacking and DMCA violations

videogameschronicle.com:

Destiny 2 cheat seller AimJunkies, which was sued by Bungie last year, is now countersuing after alleging that the studio illegally accessed one of its computers.

Bungie filed a complaint in a federal court in Seattle last year, accusing AimJunkies and Phoenix Digital (which allegedly created its cheat software) of, among other things, copyright and trademark infringement.

But earlier this year, a US judge partially sided with AimJunkies, concluding that the original complaint didn’t provide sufficient evidence that the company had infringed any copyrights.

Later, an amended complaint by Bungie added more copyright infringement details, including information on several people allegedly involved, including James May, who the studio claimed was a third-party cheat developer.

Now, as reported byTorrentFreak, AimJunkies has countersued Bungie, alleging that the Destiny developer illegally accessed May’s computer in the hopes of finding supporting evidence for its own suit against the company.

AimJunkies claims Bungie violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by circumventing its cheat software’s technological protection measures.

TorrentFreak also notes that while Bungie now reserves the right to access players’ computers for anti-cheat purposes, the older Limited Software License Agreement (LSLA) May signed in 2019—and the one presented by Bungie as evidence—didn’t allow it to do so.

“The LSLA (Limited Software License Agreement) in effect at all relevant times does not provide Bungie, Inc. with authorization to surreptitiously access files on Mr May’s personal computer and/or download information from those files without the direct knowledge and express authorization of Mr May,” the countersuit reads.

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