Blizzard wins lawsuit against cheat maker Bossland

Game developer Blizzard has been awarded compensation of almost 8 million euros in a lawsuit. The judge found that a German creator of cheats and hacks, Bossland, was guilty of violating Blizzard’s copyright.

According to the judge, the hacks developed by Bossland allowed Blizzard’s anti-cheat technology Warden to be circumvented. In doing so, Bossland has violated the American Digital Millennium Copyright Act. According to the judge, Bossland has actively contributed to the copyright violation by making the hacks available to the general public. Users were also instructed on how to install and use the hacks. The judge has banned Bossland from promoting and selling his products in the United States any longer. This is according to the ruling of a California court.

The case began in July 2016, when Blizzard sued Bossland. Blizzard was not happy with the Watchover Tyrant, among other things, a cheat for Overwatch that allows players of the game to see the health, position and other important information of both friends and foes. This gives these players an unfair advantage. Blizzard issued bans for more than 1,000 players in China last year. Bossland then indicated that he was working on new systems to bypass Warden. The German company has also released cheats for other titles from Blizzard, such as World of Warcraft, Diablo 3 and Heroes of the Storm.

It is not the first time that a game maker has won a lawsuit against a service that offers scripts, hacks and cheats for games. League of Legends maker Riot Games was awarded ten million dollars in a case against scripting service LeagueSharp a few weeks ago. That service made it possible for users to cheat in the popular moba game. According to the indictment, LeagueSharp users were able to see hidden information, play the game automatically and progress faster than a human player.