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14-Year Old Video Game Cheater Sued, Mom Says He's A Scapegoat
- Thread starter Dalek
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What "possibility"? I'd think it was pretty obvious.
I mean, the kids a little shit, I'll say that much. Unreal is stopping over the line here, I feel.
I need to read up more on this but going by the OP, this seems like an incredibly poor idea by Epic. Even if the kid wasn't a minor.
Yeah
Doesn't sound like a case of an innocent wee babby.
I would imagine Epic's legal team is of not-inconsiderable size, expense, and experience. If no one in it thought even once, "Hey, it's possible some of the players of our trendy, colorful cartoon shooter might not be of legal age", all I can say is the rest of the company should offer them up on the altar of sacrifice and not feel particularly bad about it.
They need to go after the websites. The suppliers, not the users. BTW I obviously do not condone cheating in video games at all.
She's on the hook for his transgressions in court.
You can be a negligent parent for free.
Because they can go after both. Quite frankly cheaters ought to be punished.
According to the claims, these two people are affiliated with the cheating site (or at least Epic had reason to believe they were).
They ARE the suppliers.
Which leads back to my previous asked question
Which, honestly, both are at fault.
The one provide the tools and the other actively use it to damage the users.
This isn't going to go well for Epic.
Why the fuck would you even attempt to sue players instead of the providers of the cheats? You can prove the sellers profit off of damaging your product. You can sue them as a business instead of a person. You can avoid this exact situation of attempting to sue a minor.
Just doesn't seem smart. Has this been done before? If not, add the lack of prior litigation to the why the fuck would you do this column.
Why the fuck would you even attempt to sue players instead of the providers of the cheats? You can prove the sellers profit off of damaging your product. You can sue them as a business instead of a person. You can avoid this exact situation of attempting to sue a minor.
Just doesn't seem smart. Has this been done before? If not, add the lack of prior litigation to the why the fuck would you do this column.
Often filing suit is the first step you have to make in order to even gain access to that kind of information.
The two being sued (including the 14-year-old) are in North Carolina. They are both affiliated with the website that sells the Fortnite aimbots (though that could be as little as belonging to the forums).
This comes up in Google when looking at naming minors in criminal or civil cases.
In general, under the First Amendment the truthful publication of the identity of a juvenile who has been accused of a serious crime cannot be punished. See Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co., 443 U.S. 97, 103 (1979). (Note: this case deals only with criminal sanctions, but other United States Supreme Court cases have held that accurate reports cannot give rise to civil liability, either. See Bartnicki v. Vopper, 532 U.S. 514 (2001).)
In California, the Supreme Court has held that the publication of the names of minors involved in crimes is not an invasion of privacy. See Kapellas v. Kofman, 1 Cal. 3d 20, 36-39 (1969). (Note that this case dealt with minors who were the children of a political candidate; however, the reports of recent crimes are consistently held to be newsworthy, so this is probably a distinction that makes no difference in the outcome.)If a report is based on information from a public record source, the law is even more clear. The accurate report of that information is absolutely privileged, both by statute (Civ. Code section 47) and by the First Amendment (see Gates v. Discovery Communications, Inc, 34 Cal.4th 679 (2004)).
This comes up in Google when looking at naming minors in criminal or civil cases.
In general, under the First Amendment the truthful publication of the identity of a juvenile who has been accused of a serious crime cannot be punished. See Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co., 443 U.S. 97, 103 (1979). (Note: this case deals only with criminal sanctions, but other United States Supreme Court cases have held that accurate reports cannot give rise to civil liability, either. See Bartnicki v. Vopper, 532 U.S. 514 (2001).)
In California, the Supreme Court has held that the publication of the names of minors involved in crimes is not an invasion of privacy. See Kapellas v. Kofman, 1 Cal. 3d 20, 36-39 (1969). (Note that this case dealt with minors who were the children of a political candidate; however, the reports of recent crimes are consistently held to be newsworthy, so this is probably a distinction that makes no difference in the outcome.)If a report is based on information from a public record source, the law is even more clear. The accurate report of that information is absolutely privileged, both by statute (Civ. Code section 47) and by the First Amendment (see Gates v. Discovery Communications, Inc, 34 Cal.4th 679 (2004)).
Sounds like the only mistake epic made was suing an individual with a mother like that! I'm guessing she is s lawyer? Either way I agree with her whole heartedley. As much as I hate cheaters, I wouldn't want anyone's life to be impacted to such an extent, doesn't feel right.
But this isn't a crime. It's a civil case. Which state law will have precedence. If Delaware says this is no bueno, it's no bueno.
They probably want the press, to make some parents aware of the problem. It's definitely not about the money.
Wow what scummy company.
No I dont condone cheating, but the way they're handling this is terrible on many accounts.
No I dont condone cheating, but the way they're handling this is terrible on many accounts.
I ain't gonna get mad about Epic protecting their game and trying to stomp out cheating, especially when the defendant was seemingly profiting off the cheating website (if he was an associate of that website, whatever that means)
What's worse is that there's people in this thread applauding this.
Epic can get fucked for naming a minor. This kid is about to get rich for cheating. Great job lawyers.
