Epic Sues YouTuber Over Fortnite Cheats

No one likes cheaters as they ruin games, which in turn drives other regular players away which can end up hurting sales of the game, and also decrease its legitimacy especially if its developers and publishers are trying to position it as a competitive title in eSports. Epic has not been shy in going after cheaters in Fortnite, and it looks like they’re not slowing down either.

In a report from TorrentFreak, it seems that Epic has recently sued a YouTuber by the name of Golden Modz for selling Fortnite Battle Royale cheats. The complaint reads in part, “This is a copyright infringement, breach of contract, and tortious interference case in which the Defendants are infringing Epic’s copyrights by injecting unauthorized cheat software (‘cheats’ or ‘hacks’) into the copyright protected code of Epic’s popular video game Fortnite.”

For those unfamiliar, the channel basically contained videos of cheats shown in action for games such as GTA 5 and Fortnite, and those cheats are then sold via a separate website, which Golden Modz refers to as “magical powers”. Epic adds, “In some of their YouTube videos, Defendants play (sometimes together) in duos and squads, and joke that the cheat software gives its users ‘magical’ powers, allowing them to ‘troll’ Fortnite by killing dozens of other players and ‘win’ the game.”

Epic isn’t alone in trying to combat cheats as others have also been taking the legal route to try and stamp out cheaters and those who sell them. Companies such as Blizzard have successfully taken down bots, while the creators of PUBG have also gone after cheaters and hackers, and more recently have also implemented region locking as a way to keep cheaters away from regular players.

Tyler Lee
Categories: Gaming
Tags: epic, fortnite battle royale, Legal