Submitted for your perusal,
what do you think? Is litigation going nuts or is this a
legitimate problem?
 "You
have been banned for past cheating violations." Sounds familiar? Well,
beware cheaters. As Gabe Newell reported in our forums, Valve is not only
banning the Steam accounts of cheaters, but is now also taking legal
action against individuals that host cheats websites and create
cheats.
We've started taking legal action against cheating
(cheat-sites, cheat creators,...) both in the US and abroad. This is in
addition to the on-going investments in anti-cheating technology. You'll
see reports of this percolating up as various actions happens. -Gabe
Newell
The German hoster of
OGCNetwork, known for it's infamous OGC client-hook, has already taken
down the main OGC site after receiving an action for injunction. As
Counter-Hack reported, several other large cheat websites have already
gone offline as well. Whether this is a result of similar legal actions or
simply fear is unknown. Either way, this is good news for all Valve's
online gamers. |
Take a look at the forums, the gamers are happy as clams. I
guess it would be annoying.
Source: Half Life 2 Fallout
