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Crime doesn’t pay, especially when it involves hacking MMOs. Hacking MMOs these days, no matter how big or small, just isn’t a great idea. A hacker that worked his magic on Evony LLC’s Evony is now facing a $300,000 bill after the company filed a lawsuit against him and he failed to mount any sort of case. 23-year old Philip James Holland created a bot that automatically played Evony for its users, and he also ran an independent Evony server, which Evony LLC claims infringes on its copyrights and trademarks. While Evony LLC once sought $825,000 from Holland, U.S. District […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/51/51943.jpg