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Judge issues legal permaban, $500K judgment against serial Destiny 2 cheater

arstechnica.com Judge issues legal permaban, $500K judgment against serial Destiny 2 cheater

Restraining order also issued due to threats and harassment of Bungie employees.

Judge issues legal permaban, $500K judgment against serial Destiny 2 cheater

Restraining order also issued due to threats and harassment of Bungie employees.

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  • Leone [...] tried to "opt out" of the game's license agreement as a minor in an attempt to do a legal end run around Bungie's multiple account bans.

    Interestingly, this seems to have worked, even if it didn't work out the way he intended:

    1. Defendant disaffirmed the license agreement that licensed him to download and play Destiny 2, rendering that license void ab initio.

    2. Thus, Defendant’s download and use of Destiny 2 was unlicensed and Defendant infringed Plaintiff’s Copyrights each time he opened the software