- Cheat-makers “induce and enable individual Destiny 2 players to create an unauthorized and infringing derivative work each time they deploy the cheat software,” states one lawsuit from Sony-owned Bungie Studios that’s still winding its way through the courts.The big picture: Game companies definitely detest cheating but have been careful to focus their firepower on cheat-makers, possibly because targeting more cheaters themselves with lawsuits could be costly, backfire in court or just rankle players as heavy-handed.- Also last month, an Australian judge ordered a cheat-maker in that country, who was sued back in 2018, to pay Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive AU $130,000.- A cheat that draws a box around an opposing player, who would otherwise be hidden from view, is creating unauthorized derivative works, suits from Bungie and others claim.The bottom line: Companies aren’t showing that they have an appetite to sue garden-variety cheaters, but the lawsuits are designed to serve as a warning shot to those who think cheating in an online game can be consequence-free."