The curious case of the Fortnite cheater
“First, when C.R. clicked and ran the cheat file, the cheat injected code into his local Fortnite files, modifying them into something different from the copyrighted work. The moment he clicked, he created a “derivative work,” thus infringing copyright. (You could argue that it’s fair use, and, in fact, it’s not a total loser of an argument, regardless of the fact that Fortnite’s EULA forbids the creation of derivative works.)
“Second, when C.R. live-streamed the game, Epic argues that he infringed copyright by “publicly displaying and/or publicly performing the unauthorized derivative works.””
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