{"id":71440,"date":"2023-02-22T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=71440"},"modified":"2023-02-22T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T09:00:53","slug":"bungie-requests-6-7-million-default-judgment-against-lavicheats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=71440","title":{"rendered":"Bungie Requests $6.7 Million Default Judgment Against LaviCheats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bungie\"In the summer of 2021, game developer Bungie filed a complaint targeting three well-known cheat sellers; Elite Tech Boss, Lavicheats & VeteranCheats<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The case against Elite Tech Boss has been the most eventful thus far. Within a few months, this resulted in a consent judgment where a key defendant agreed to pay $13.5 million<\/a> in damages. <\/p>\n

That judgment didn\u2019t settle the matter completely as Bungie still has other targets in its crosshairs<\/a>. Meanwhile, there are other cases to resolve.<\/p>\n

LaviCheats and VeteranCheats failed to answer the complaints filed in the United States. As a result, Bungie requested a $12 million<\/a> default judgment against the latter a few days ago, shortly followed by a similar, albeit lower, claim against Lavicheats.com. <\/p>\n

You\u2019ve Been Served<\/h2>\n

Late last week Bungie filed a motion for default judgment against LaviCheats at a Washington federal court. The game company asked the court to rule on the matter without hearing the defendant, as they apparently have no interest in making a court appearance. <\/p>\n

Bungie believes that LaviCheats is operated by India-resident Kunal Bansal, AKA \u201cLavi\u201d. However, no known address exists for this person. To alert Bansal to the legal proceeding, Bungie sent an email and posted a message in the LaviCheats forums. <\/p>\n

These unusual serving options were authorized by the court and proved successful. Although there was no response in court, Destiny 2 cheats were removed from the LaviCheats website.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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In a message posted on the website, LaviCheats explained that it will no longer sell Destiny 2 hacks because of the lawsuit. At the same time, however, LaviCheats advised people to buy cheats at Cobracheats instead. <\/p>\n

The referral is not a coincidence; Bungie believes that Bansal is also the driving force behind this cheat shop, as well as others. <\/p>\n

\u201c[A]fter receiving notice of this lawsuit, Bansal moved his unlawful activities with respect to the Cheat Software to one or more other websites believed to be owned and\/or operated by him, including the websites located at cobracheats.com, lavicheats.org, and protocolv.com,\u201d Bungie explains.<\/p>\n

$6.7 Million Default Judgment<\/h2>\n

As the defendant failed to show up in court, Bungie moved ahead on its own. In the motion filed last Friday, the company requests a total award of $6,700,973.34. This figure comprises damages, attorneys\u2019 fees and other costs. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The bulk of the proposed award relates to Lavicheats\u2019 alleged violations of the DMCA\u2019s anti-circumvention provision. The game developer believes it\u2019s entitled to $2,000 for each of the 2,790 cheat copies that were downloaded.<\/p>\n

\u201cBansal\u2019s [\u2026] ongoing conduct demonstrates a willingness to continue with his illegal activities, as to warrant a statutory damage award of at least $2,000 for each of the 2,790 Cheat Software for Destiny 2 that Bansal\u2019s own website admitted were downloaded, for a total of $5,580,000.\u201d <\/p>\n

Bungie further alleges that Lavicheats infringed its copyrights, so is entitled to claim the maximum $300,000 in statutory damages for two titles. In addition, Bungie seeks $579,270 in damages for trademark infringements, an amount that equals Bansal\u2019s Destiny 2 cheat profits.<\/p>\n

High But Warranted<\/h2>\n

The $6 million figure is high but justified, Bungie tells the court. Stressing that the company had to spend millions of dollars to fight cheaters, it\u2019s appropriate to send a strong message. <\/p>\n

\u201c[A]lthough the total amount Bungie seeks may be considered large, the damages are proportional to the harm caused by Bansal\u2019s flagrant and willful violation of Bungie\u2019s rights,\u201d Bungie notes. <\/p>\n

In addition to the damages request, the motion also seeks a permanent injunction, barring Bansal from engaging in any Bungie-related cheating or infringement activities going forward.<\/p>\n

The Washington federal court has yet to review and rule on the motion. Without a defending party, however, little stands in the way of another Bungie victory. <\/p>\n

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A copy of Bungie\u2019s motion for a default judgment against Kunal Bansal (LaviCheats) is available here (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n

From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n

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In the summer of 2021, game developer Bungie filed a complaint targeting three well-known cheat sellers; Elite Tech Boss, Lavicheats & VeteranCheats. The case against Elite Tech Boss has been the most eventful thus far. Within a few months, this resulted in a consent judgment where a key defendant agreed to pay $13.5 million in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[308],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-torrent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}