Dealing with the large corporation of Genshin Impact is not easy when it comes to leaks. The publisher Cognosphere now wants to disclose users on X.
How is Genshin tackling leaks? The publisher of Genshin Impact, Cognosphere, has summoned several users from X.com in 2023 for copyright infringement for sharing unpublished information about Genshin Impact.
In pursuit of this copyright infringement, Cognosphere urged X.com to reveal the true identities of the users. The publisher of the gacha game suspects that behind the various accounts, there is only one user.
However, Elon Musk’s corporation refused to disclose the identities and wanted the demand to be reviewed by the court. It cited the First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech. The California court has now ruled against X.com’s objection.
Meanwhile, players are enjoying the new area in Genshin Impact:
Has the publisher of Genshin Impact won?
What is the situation in court? The state of California ruled in favor of the Chinese company. Now the company X Corp. is under pressure again. Judge Peter H. Kang, who announced the verdict, is also upset. He criticizes that the objection from X Corp.’s lawyers only unnecessarily delayed the process.
Cognosphere’s request was justified, the California court stated. Unpublished content published by users is not protected speech under the First Amendment, according to Judge Kang. This gives the publishers of Genshin Impact at least the upper hand in this case.
What happens next? The court urges the corporations to meet in person to discuss the matter, so that no constant court intervention is necessary. The parties should strive for a cooperative solution to find an economic, efficient, and appropriate consequence for the users’ actions on X.
Genshin Impact is known for taking strict action against leaks and the users behind them. Therefore, a well-known leaker decided to stop sharing content at the end of 2022 because Cognosphere tried to find him. However, shortly after that, there were new leaks: A well-known leaker for Genshin Impact quits, but a month later the action RPG is again dealing with leaks
