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Game cheat tools don’t infringe copyright, EU advocate says

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Published on: 10 May 2024
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Law360: Third-party video game cheating software should not infringe game creators' copyright in the EU if it only manipulates a gamer's input rather than the game's code itself, a legal adviser to the EU's top court said on 25 April 2024 amid Sony's dispute with a British gaming business.

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