Reading this article, it appears this is happening in the region of my state in which I live.
This seems to have gotten waaaaaaaaaaaaay out of hand. Being there is youtube involvement, I really don't understand why youtube didn't just take the vid down. Then let the claim / counter claim actions pan out. I've seen a LOT of vids taken down (for less btw) without giving the poster an option to counterclaim before take down action was implemented. Then usually the video will be reinstated after the claim is won by the poster(counter claimant)...or not if the claimant wins. I can understand the game's side and the mother's side of the argument. Wonder why there is no "making a deal" with the kid in order to find out where he got the cheat from....since he isn't the creator and isn't distributing. I mean really come on Epic, you don't think there is a how to on the site the kid got it from? I'm really not for going after a 14 year old and making an example of them. Yes perhaps the kid does need a lesson in moral, ethics or whatever, but going after a 14 year old for that kind of money does appear to be a step too far as the last sentence of the article states.