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This wasn't about someone making a game free by using a hack. It was about people who created and distributing for sale a hack that allowed people to cheat online. It's nothing that hasn't been done before. This is the first time I've heard of creators of a hack being sued for it, which is why programs like punkbuster were invented... kind of a faulty concept right from the beginning. IMO, no game that requires you to compromise the security of your system with spyware in order to play it online is worth the box it comes in, but some people enjoy those kinds of games. Sure it's wrong to cheat, but on the other hand, if it was that easy to hack the game, the developers didn't do a very good job setting it up in the first place. There are always going to be people who will look for ways around the rules. If one hack was found already, who's to say there isn't someone else out there smart enough to have come up with a more insidious hack that won't be detected? If it's possible for someone to create a hack that allows others to cheat online, that means online part of the game itself is defective.