Honkai: Star Rail Leakers Ordered to Pay $150,000 in Damages
A court has ruled against two individuals who leaked unreleased content from Honkai: Star Rail, ordering them to pay miHoYo approximately $150,000 in damages. The defendants, identified as Yang and Guo, were found to have infringed upon the developer's trade secrets by distributing test data and game assets online.
Yang operated a channel on the Tencent Community platform where he shared instructions for accessing unreleased versions of the game. Guo extracted and distributed various elements including character models and gameplay footage. Both parties must cease their activities immediately and publish apology statements on their Bilibili and QQ Video accounts for thirty consecutive days.
This ruling marks another instance of miHoYo taking legal action against content leaks associated with its titles. The company previously secured similar judgments against other leakers this year.
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Original headline at AUTOMATON WEST: “Honkai: Star Rail leakers ordered to pay miHoYo around $150,000 in damages after distributing unreleased game data and assets”
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- Damages
- 1 million yuan (approximately $150,000 USD)
- Announcement Date
- October 28
- Defendants
- Yang and Guo
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