Publisher of GTA 5 sues account-selling site for allegedly generating millions in revenue and hiring hackers to sustain operations.
Take-Two Interactive, publisher of Grand Theft Auto 5, is suing PlayerAuctions which is a Chinese-owned website that facilitates the trading as well as selling player account as well as digital currencies used in online games.
Publisher of GTA 5 sues account-selling site for allegedly generating millions in revenue and hiring hackers to sustain operations.
This is according to an article published released by Polygon in the latter part of last week. It states that Take-Two has claimed "the website PlayerAuctions.com offers a vast online marketplace containing thousands of listings for unauthorized, infringing GTA 5 content" in the form of a lawsuit.
The complaint continues to state the fact that PlayerAuctions "runs a sophisticated sales platform and actively recruits 'sellers' skilled at using hacking software and other exploits to create infringing digital goods and to provide illegal 'services' to players" as well as the site "reaps millions in revenue by taking a cut of every transaction on its marketplace."
The website also makes a fuss about the policies of the website for example, an option to refund your purchase when the account you purchased is banned due to it having a purchased account. "PlayerAuctions offers this 'protection' because it knows the hacked player account listings on its marketplace are infringing and unauthorized under Take-Two's terms of service."
In the end, Take-Two claims that it's already given a number of cease-and-desist instructions and that PlayerAuctions has ignored.
"Take-Two has repeatedly railed against PlayerAuctions with proof of infringement as well as other wrongful behavior and has demanded it stop and end its illegal activities. PlayerAuctions refuses to stop because it continues to earn profits from illegal transactions through the widespread, intentional violation of Take-Two's copyrights as well as trademarks, as well as through the deliberate interference in the relationship between Take-Two and its customers.
If you're acquainted with the MMOs you'll be aware that this kind of thing isn't something new. Gold sellers as well as account service providers have been in a frenzy since the beginning of time. Developers are fighting an almost continuous battle against bots which are seemingly governed by attrition, and with a small ends. Certain celebrities and celebrities have also used similar services prior to.
