In finding Comer liable to Bungie for those costs—as well as over $80,000 in legal fees and $25,000 in statutory damages—the court also laid out the basis for “a new common law tort” that paves the way for other companies to do the same. As Tewson describes it in her Twitter thread, “the Court has created a path for those with the resources to identify stochastic terrorists and hold them accountable to do exactly that and recover their costs in court.”

I am rarely on the corporation’s side, but in this case, the outcome is the right one. While there’s still a bar in that you need to be able to identify the person and have the resources to sue, this case sets a precedent that the behavior isn’t okay.

Here’s to hoping it stands on appeal, presuming the defendant bothers to appeal.

Let’s put the edit history on the blockchain!

I’m just glad the multiplayer in everything fad seems to be dying off.

US Cellular is the only one, and they’re planning a shutdown of CDMA “soon”.

I’d advise OP to seriously reconsider. GSM won that war.

Control Ultimate Edition for $10

I picked this up for the xbox a while back. One of the most engaging games I’ve played in a long time.

If only I could be as cool as that Dave.

And here’s the blog from the other guy - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20121218-00/?p=5803