You’re begging the question with the parenthetical final sentence. If piracy meant we wouldn’t get good games in the future, then how come we keep getting new games? Arguably there are more exceptional games now than ever before, and likely more piracy too. I’m not saying piracy leads to good games, I’m saying the…

Goodwin’s Law invoked.

Wrong on the facts, Marion county was 60% for Clinton.

Marijuana also falls into this category since it’s licensed for medical use.

I can’t wait to meet you in court someday.

Take more than five second to proofread your comment

5-3 against the best scoring side in Europe is not a commanding lead.

I hear what you’re saying and I think you make some strong points. I am concerned by the idea that lawsuits in and of themselves (as opposed to the results of lawsuits) should be used as tools, Blizzard can sue any small firm into oblivion, and while this firm may deserve to be shut down (I am increasingly leaning…

One of us is talking about the article, the other is calling people names in the comments. Tell me more about how I’m the troll.

Thank you, this adds a great deal of clarity and I’m glad my poor analogy was used to elucidate, even if not as I intended.

This is the definition of begging the question.

You’re entitled to that belief but that’s not generally how civil liability works. The only reason there may be a case is for how cheating harms Blizzard’s business, not because cheating is wrong and thus should be subject to lawsuits.

As I said in my initial post, if the cheat makers are using Blizzard IP to market their product, that’s certainly grounds. But I don’t actually see why they would need to do that to sell cheats, and so similarly if the hat does not infringe on the go-kart’s IP (ie branded with their logos), why should the government…

You’re the second person to make this stupid assumption. I have never played overwatch, haven’t played a multiplayer shooter since Quake (at which I sucked) but ask a question about the legal basis for the suit and I must be a customer or a cheat manufacturer. As I said to someone else making the same accusation, do…

Apt username, insightful reply.

But isn’t it Blizzards fault to some extent for creating a system that can be cheated, and failing to police that? Imagine a go-kart track and some people who came in used a hat that made them faster than everyone without it. Should the hat manufacturer be civilly liable for the track owner’s failure to ban hats and…

The stars next to my comments suggest otherwise. But it’s great that rather than engage in the conversation, this is the point you’ve chosen to make.

I don’t think douchebaggery should be illegal. There are lots of shitty acts that need to be governed by social norms and not laws, from cutting into a parking space that someone else was obviously waiting for to cheating in online multiplayer.

You must be intensely boring if you only talk about things that are tangibly relevant to your life at all times.

But you already bought the game. I’m sorry cheaters ruined your experience, I imaging that must suck, especially after shelling out $60. But from a legal standpoint, in the scenario you describe, the cheaters haven’t cost Blizzard any money from you (though that somewhat depends on what percentage of users buy…