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Destiny 2 cheat seller AimJunkies, who was sued by Bungie last year, is now fighting back.
Last year, Bungie filed a complaint with the Seattle federal court accusing AimJunkies and Phoenix Digital (who allegedly created their own software cheat) of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things.
But earlier this year, a US judge partially sided with AimJunkies, concluding that the initial complaint did not provide sufficient evidence that the company had infringed on copyrights.
Bungie’s later amended complaint added further details of the copyright infringement, including information about several people allegedly involved, including James May, who the studio claimed to be a third-party cheat developer.
Now, AimJunkies has reportedly filed a counterclaim against Bungie, claiming that the Destiny developer illegally obtained access to May’s computer in hopes of finding evidence to support her own lawsuit against the company.
AimJunkies claims that Bungie violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by circumventing technology protection measures for its cheat software.
While Bungie now reserves the right to access players’ computers to combat cheating, the old Limited Software License Agreement (LSLA) signed in May 2019 and presented to Bungie as evidence did not allow them to do so.
It is also alleged that Bungie accessed May’s computer multiple times in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which could be considered a hack.
AimJunkies also claims that Bungie violated Phoenix Digital’s terms of service for fraudulent software by licensing under the pseudonym of Martin Zeniu and then reverse engineering the program to gather evidence.
May and Phoenix Digital are seeking damages.
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