Cheat Software Maker Has To Pay $10 Million To League Of Legends Creator

League of Legends creator Riot Games has been awarded ten million dollars in a case against scripting service LeagueSharp. That service made it possible for users to cheat in the popular moba game.

Riot Games had sued LeagueSharp in August of last year for violating the DMCA with its service, which circumvents League of Legends’ anti-cheat measures. According to the indictment, LeagueSharp users were able to “see hidden information, play the game automatically and progress faster than a human player,” Law360 writes.

The judge has also banned three people from LeagueSharp from playing games from Riot Games in the future and has ordered them to transfer the website of the service. The scripting service could be used at a cost of $15 a month, according to the indictment. In addition, users could pay $50 per month to use bots on multiple accounts at the same time.

Lawsuits by game studios against the makers of software that enable cheating are more common. For example, in 2016 Blizzard sued the maker of a tool that allows Overwatch players to see the location and health of other players. In that case, the indictment also focused on a violation of the DMCA by circumventing anti-cheat measures.

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