Fortnite LAWSUIT vs 14-year old child!

Fortnite Lawsuit against 14-year old child for cheating! Epic Games are suing a gamer for cheating in Fortnite: Battle Royale.

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[YonatanAvhar]

I think epic is targeting that kid specifically because he is 14 and they want to show cheaters that they don't care if you are underage

[dinidusamaranayake]

Cheats in CSGO
Get VAC banned forever
Cheats in Fortnite
Gets sued

[evhexrc]

What you didn't mention is that Epic Games asked, then demanded that the kid take down the videos, but he refused every single time. When he knew he was in trouble, he just kept digging the hole deeper.

[adibmouhanna]

That kid in the thumbnail shot his father with a rifle and sentenced to 96 years

[satsiretaffer]

First off, you aren't ever a scapegoat if you're actually guilty. Especially if you're a repeat offender.

Secondly, as towards the people in the comments saying 'the company must prove the child can understand commercial code"... uh, no. That's not how law works. Ignorance of the law or it's workings is not a valid legal defense.

As for the 'can he be tried', Epic Games is/will pursue this as a Damages case. In the sense that it'd be tried as if the kid had keyed some company car, and the company sued him for it. You don't need to understand criminal code to be tried for vandalism/destruction of property, the same way that you don't need to understand commercial code to be tried for copyright infringement.

Thirdly, to those saying that the 'parent's didn't consent', they do not need to. Here's an exerpt from someone in the comments:

"Reference: The opinion of the court in C.M.D. v. Facebook 2014 WL 1266291 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 26, 2014), Inc. discusses this very legal question and clarified that terms of service of Facebook are enforceable against minors who use websites and further suggests that to disaffirm such terms of service, minors likely must terminate their accounts and stop using the website."

Fourthly, this child was not only USING cheats, he was DISTRIBUTING and making INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS on how to use them. There's a massive step between the two. I don't believe anyone should be sued for using cheats, but when you're actively distributing the software, it's a different story.

[LegacyAirTech]

Obviously the kid is wrong, but how the hell was his mom/dad supposed to know that he was using hacks while playing fortnite? There is absolutely 0 way for his parents to know until after they got notice from Epic. I dont see how you can blame the mom here...

[williedavis]

This is a win win situation for everyone, fortnite gets its example, the kid gets off as a minor, and the parents get a parenting lesson they wont forget. Only thing worse than cheating, is promoting and teaching other punks how to cheat. They ruin everyone game. And how does a 14 yr old learn how to set up a stream, his own channel, purchase a hack program and install it w/o a credit card, all without the parents knowledge? I call BS, its just bad parenting, and they deserve it. 14 year olds have big mouths and bigger egos, there's no way they didn't hear about it every time he got banned and made a new account. In my opinion he forced epics hand.

[JoblessGamer]

Pushing hard for the 10 minute mark are we? 😂 ;)

[Cyborgdelta]

Na the kid deserves it he was banned multiple times so he had enough warnings and as he is under age then its the parents fault should of raised him better and kept an eye on him.

[erictv]

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, A, B, B, A...
*knock on the door*
"Hello?"
"YOU'RE UNDER ARREST!"

[filip]

Act like an adult, get treated like an adult. Cheaters never win.

[StudioSerinn]

Player actively goes out of his way to create/modify/distribute cheats, and does so WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE PARENT (the parent gives the child access to the internet, a computer, games and YouTube accounts) who should be monitored by their parents. Bad parenting is NOT a way out of getting sued for damages. Seriously if your son had just been caught hacking bank accounts and he was found out would your excuse be "he did it without my permission". I believe they are responsible and the family should be sued.

[jora]

breaking a Terms of Service agreement is not a grey area
beaking a End User License Agreement is not a greay area
breaking the law is not a grey area
if you download something and you click accept on the TOS or EULA, it's not just some meaningless wall of text you just agreed to abide by

[maxibustos]

Cheaters never learn specially in this game.

[PopFizzCJ]

How to make money
By Epic Games
1 - Make an addicting game and make it free
2 - Sell in game currency to buy cosmetics that will become rare
3 - Make the game have no or little to no anti cheat
4 - Bring back the rare stuff.
5 - Sue. Everyone. And take all the money they actually worked for and add it to all the money you didn’t work that hard for.
6 - Don’t listen to your fans and enjoy your money!
EDIT - Epic will probably sue me now.

[haxorhacker]

The problem is if Epic Games drops the charges then it can be used as an "example" as to why the other hacker shouldn't be charged. I do not think if they knew he was 14 they would have publicly charged him with a court case but they had already pressed charges so they had to continue because of my previous point.

[pjdaprinz]

"Parenting is the key here"
Well, this lawsuit definitely got the ball rolling. Bet the kid hasn't been cheating since.

[t-revstastetube]

If the kid made money off his youtube channel by cheating they should in some way punish the kid and/or his parents but it's definitely a grey area

[spacemoon]

He deserves it. And that kids mom lets him continue to post YouTube videos doing the same thing. You should look at this kids YouTube channel, he is mocking epic.

[Yadierelle]

2years ago, 14 yr old gets sued by epic games

Today, epic games gets sued by 16 yr old