Blizzard has lodged a complaint against the unknown makers of the ValiantChaos MapHack-cheat. According to the developers ruining the cheat the game, leading to a decrease in sales would lead. Also accuses Blizzard, the makers of copyright infringement.
The ValiantChaos MapHack allows players to cheat by unnoticed the entire folder, automatically units to create and self-achievements. The makers sell the cheat for years for $ 60. This commit they breach the general terms and conditions, claims Blizzard.
In the complaint in the federal court of California has submitted and to which Torrentfreak refers, is that the creators ‘of their illegal software product to create and sell in the knowledge that they are infringing on the copyrights of Blizzard to facilitate and promote, that they have the agreement with Blizzard break and in other ways, the rights of Blizzard to violate’. The cheat would affect the sale and the experience of regular players, because ValiantChaos MapHack that players dissatisfied. They would to their interest in the game to lose, and also to the outside world to know, writes Blizzard in the indictment.
The developer is asking for a sale – and distributieverbod and compensation. Since the creators are anonymous, the chance that Blizzard will actually charge a fee to meet can see small, but perhaps more difficult to a prohibition the further spread.
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