While the intellectual property protection laws gradually evolve, Russia remains a thriving market for many illegal resources which severely damage legitimate content consumption. In Russia, though, copyright infringement is a persistent problem. That explains why more and more countries are starting to find that cheating is not just wrong, but also illegal. Depending on the type of cheats, they can be harmless or pose a threat to the whole interactive entertainment industry. Some developers inject cheat codes as Easter eggs. At first, cheat codes were designed by video game developers for testing purposes. From the legal and technical perspective, cheats are a type of software code designed to alter regular rules and functioning of the video game that allows the player to gain unfair advantage over others. Generally speaking, cheating is defined as an unfair advantage of a player.
