TechGamingYour PS5 games could change forever after groundbreaking court decisionEU court rules that third-party cheats and add-ons are allowedWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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EU court rules that third-party cheats and add-ons are allowed
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Quick SummarySony has lost a court case it brought to stop third-party firms from altering its games without express permission.An EU court has found that Datel’s cheat-inducing software forMotorStormwas operating legally.
Sony has lost a court case it brought to stop third-party firms from altering its games without express permission.An EU court has found that Datel’s cheat-inducing software forMotorStormwas operating legally.
Sony has lost a court case it brought to stop third-party firms from altering its games without express permission.An EU court has found that Datel’s cheat-inducing software forMotorStormwas operating legally.
Sony has lost a court case it brought to stop third-party firms from altering its games without express permission.
An EU court has found that Datel’s cheat-inducing software forMotorStormwas operating legally.
However, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled that games can be legally adapted temporarily.
“The directive protects only the intellectual creation as it is reflected in the text of the computer program’s source code and object code.”
As Datel’s modifications don’t alter the source code and only change “variables” running in the game’s working memory, they have been ruled to be doing so within the law.
Sony’s own take on it is that such software “latches on… like a parasite”.
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Of course, the argument is based on a game released many years ago on a long deceased console – the PlayStation 3. However, the ramifications of the ruling could be wide-reaching.
It effectively opens the door to other companies releasing their own cheat-code add-ons forPS5,Xbox Series X/S,Nintendo Switchand PC games – in the EU, at least. As long as they don’t touch the source code, it seems it’s all fair game.
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