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12 February 2020CopyrightRory O'Neill

English IP court backs GTA makers in cheat code suit

England’s Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court (IPEC) has found a cheat code distributor liable for infringing the copyright for the best-selling video game of all time, “Grand Theft Auto V”.

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