Genshin Impact publisher puts community leakers on tenterhooks as it sues Discord to reveal UBatcha’s identity


Genshin Impact publisher puts community leakers on tenterhooks as it sues Discord to reveal UBatcha’s identity

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Players of Genshin Impact might not be getting ‘leaks’ regarding the 3.4 update for a significant period of time as the publisher of the role-playing game, Cognosphere has threatened Discord to reveal the identity of a prominent leaker in the community, who goes by the name ‘UBatcha’.

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As per the sources of TorrentFreak, Cognosphere took to a law firm based in Los Angeles to file DMCA subpoena application against Discord, as several Genshin Impact servers run by leaker UBatcha can be traced in the application. The most prominent is Wangsheng Funeral Parlour, the servers are hugely popular among the game’s fans as they can claim prior information regarding updates.

The court order filed by Cognosphere targets at Discord, “The DMCA Subpoena is directed to Discord. Discord is the service provider to which the subject of the subpoena posted infringing Cognosphere (the ‘Content’). The content was posted to the following channel ‘Wangsheng Funeral Parlour'”, read the court order.

The official lawsuit is also compelling the concerned members of Discord to provide the real identity of UBatcha such as his “name(s), address(es), telephone number(s), and email address(es) of the user Ubatcha#2719, who is responsible for posting infringing content,” but they have also stated that this information is being taken to protect the rights of Cognosphere.

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What could this mean for Genshin Impact leakers?

Genshin Impact publisher puts community leakers on tenterhooks as it sues Discord to reveal UBatcha's identity
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The Genshin Impact community is heavily based on the leaks provided by certain members as they are able to provide confidential content regarding upcoming patches, announcements. Popular subreddits, Twitter communities and even Discord servers are involved in publishing content beforehand.

UBatcha is at the forefront of this community as he has a fanbase with over 400k followers on Twitter. As Cognosphere plans to obtain UBatcha’s real identity, several members in the community who were also engaged in leaking Genshin Impact content could be at a disadvantage.

While UBatcha has already deleted his Twitter account, another leaker BLANK has also joined him. On the other hand, Twitter account Save Your Primogems has announced that they will be going on a hiatus for a short period of time.

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Massive Genshin Impact leak might have prompted the action

Genshin Impact players are able to gain advanced information ever since the game got released but the information was restricted to the upcoming patches only. However, when a couple of months ago, a massive leak surfaced in the community revealing the information till the 4.0 update, even leaker UBatcha was surprised and abstained from revealing every information.

Genshin Impact publisher puts community leakers on tenterhooks as it sues Discord to reveal UBatcha's identity
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This might have prompted Cognosphere to take the legal action against Discord, as it plans to curb down the amount of information getting surfaced on social media regarding Genshin Impact.

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