Blizzard wins legal case against Overwatch and Warcraft cheatbot maker

Bots that enable cheating in games like World of Warcraft and Overwatch are violating copyright law in the United States.

A court has ordered German developer Bossland to pay $8.5 million to Blizzard Entertainment in damages for selling products that infringe the publisher’s copyrighted material. The Germany-based Bossland is also no longer permitted to sell or market its game-cheating products in the U.S. market. This is the latest win for Blizzard in its ongoing battle against apps that enable cheating in nearly all of its games — although the publisher’s legal fight against Bossland is still open in Germany.