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Google Will Pay Fine, as French Court Upholds Ruling
Google will have to pay a fine of 50 million Euros for violating user privacy and improperly obtaining permission to display personalized ads. The ruling concerns a case from January, last year.
video games
Bart Swiatek
June 22, 2020
Google May Pay a Fine for Tracking Users
Google has been sued for $5 billion for violating the privacy of users using „incognito” mode in their web browser.
hardware & software
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
June 3, 2020
Football Manager Sued For Using the Name of Manchester United
Sega and Sports Interactive were sued by Manchester United. The reason was the last installment of the Football Manager series, more specifically its use of the name and the failure to use the European team's coat of arms.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
May 25, 2020
Rainbow Six Siege - Ubisoft Sues Google and Apple
Ubisoft is suing Google and Apple for the alleged copyright infringement related to Rainbow Six: Siege. The publisher claims that a Chinese game has appeared in both companies' stores, Google Play and Apple App Store, which is a faithful copy of the popular shooter.
video games
Damian Gacek
May 17, 2020
Super Mario 64 - Nintendo Wages War on Fan-made PC Version of the Game
Nintendo's lawyers are trying to erradicate an unofficial PC port of Super Mario 64 from the web. The project is highly impressive and more like a commercial game than a fan production.
video games
Adrian Werner
May 10, 2020
Australia Sues Facebook; Up to 529 Billion Australian Dollars at Stake
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OIAC), the Australian authority responsible for privacy, has sued Facebook for negligence related to the Cambridge Analytica affair. The lawsuit concerns the disclosure of private information of over 300,000 users, which may result in a fine of nearly 530 billion Australian dollars.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
March 10, 2020
Former Pro CS:GO Player Sentenced to 116 Years in Prison
Retired professional CS:GO player Shayene „shAy” Victorio has been sentenced to 116 years in prison for fraud committed by her and her ex-husband's company between 2013 and 2017. More than a hundred customers have never seen the goods they have ordered. The woman claims her ex-partner is to blame.
video games
Bart Swiatek
March 5, 2020
Apple Will Pay up to $500 Million for Slowing Down Old iPhones
Apple has reached a settlement in the trial concerning the slowing down of old iPhones - the devices from series 6 and 7. The company will spend between 310 and 500 million dollars on compensation for customers - only in USA.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
March 3, 2020
Activision vs. Reddit – Discussion About Call of Duty Warzone Leak
Activision demands Reddit to disclose the private details of the person responsible for the leak of CoD: Warzone - an unannounced battle royale game from the Call of Duty franchise.
video games
February 22, 2020
Star Citizen Devs Have Finished Two-year Court Battle With Crytek
Over two-year litigation between the devs of Star Citizen and Crytek has just come to an end. Both sides have reached an agreement, although we don't know the details.
video games
Paul Wozniak
February 21, 2020
Ubisoft Suing for DDoS Attacks in Rainbow Six Siege
Ubisoft has filed a lawsuit against ShortNameGame in connection with DDoS attacks on Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege servers. The defendants were said to provide, for a fee, the software needed to carry out the attacks, as well as mock the company's actions aimed at limiting their effects.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
January 20, 2020
Rune 2 Affair Concluded? Devs Hand Over Game Code to the Publisher
The developers from the now-closed studio responsible for the development of Rune II have given the publishers the files and source code of the game, so that the latter will be able to continue working on the title. The issue of compensation and reimbursement of development costs has still not been resolved.
video games
Paul Wozniak
January 3, 2020
Fan-made Red Dead Redemption Remaster on PC Gets C&Ded For Good
Take-Two Interactive sued the creator of Red Dead Redemption: Damned Enhancement Project. This forced him to cancel the fan-made remaster, which was supposed to enable us to play an improved version of the first RDR on PC.
video games
Adrian Werner
December 29, 2019
Rune 2 Affair - Lawsuit for Abandonment of the Game
Human Head Studio was closed the day after the release of Rune II and immediately became part of Bethesda. However, this did not protect the team against a lawsuit. The publisher Ragnarok Game demands rights to the game and a hefty compensation.
video games
Krzysztof Kaluzinski
December 5, 2019
Virtual Assistant Alexa May Help Solve a Murder Case
Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa may have witnessed a murder. The case in question is that of Adam Crespo, a Florida resident, who was accused of murdering his partner. Intelligent Echo speakers probably recorded some essential information.
hardware & software
Milosz Szubert
November 4, 2019
Australia: ZeniMax Will Refund Players for Fallout 76
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has ordered ZeniMax (the owner of Bethesda Softworks) to refund the players dissatisfied with the quality of Fallout 76.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
November 1, 2019
Epic Games Sue Person Responsible for Fortnite Leaks
Epic Games is suing a player who used Twitter to inform fans about what new season of Fortnite will bring. It turned out that he took part in the testing of the new content in September and, by revealing what he learned, broke the confidentiality agreement.
video games
Paul Wozniak
October 27, 2019
Ubisoft Sues MizuSoft - Cheat Makers for Rainbow Six Siege
Ubisoft has brough out the big guns against the owners of MizuSoft, a company that sells Rainbow Six Siege cheats. The publisher demands that they cease their activities and pay a large compensation.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
October 24, 2019
Riot Sues Riot; LoL's Developer vs. CS:GO Team
Riot Games decided to sue an eSports team with a quite similar name - Riot Squad. The devs of the popular MOBA League of Legends believe that CS:GO team is illegally taking advantage of the popularity of the well-known brand.
video games
Krzysztof Kaluzinski
October 11, 2019
Epic Games Accused of Not Telling us Fortnite Might be Addictive
A Canadian law firm accuses Epic Games of deliberately making Fornite an addictive game and not informing users of the resulting threat. Lawyers are preparing a class action lawsuit, indicating, among other things, this year's World Health Organization ruling and a similar case against a cigarette manufacturer.
video games
Bart Swiatek
October 7, 2019