Twitch has been having a rough time with bots. Late last year, they pursued legal action against trolls using bot programs to flame and harass streamers. Earlier that same year, Twitch also won a lawsuit against the business Twitchstarter, which sold services to streamers which would fill their channels viewerships with bots, falsely inflating their numbers. Adding to a string of victories, Twitch has recently won another court case against a married couple out of the UK who had found a way to circumvent many of Twitch’s protections against bots.

The couple, Michael and Katherine Anjomi, was first sued in June of 2016 for their bot activities. The couple charged upwards of $760 a month to increase a streamer’s audience, and included in the package were a number of ways to subvert Twitch’s anti-botting software. This included creating chat messages which would be queued with the bots, making them appear like users interacting with the streamer. However, the phrases were essentially meaningless and, as Twitch’s defense cited, “[spewed] lists of random words… instead of engaging in interesting social interactions.

While the integrity of the site was at the heart of Twitch’s complaint, it should also be noted that viewer boosting from bots could potentially damage Twitch’s partnership program, which is also how streamers profit from advertising. Of the 1.7 million streamers on Twitch, just .7% have managed to become Twitch partners, a program which allows for monthly perks as well as greater access to advertiser revenue and decision making on streams.

A California court found that the Anjomi’s were guilty and banned the couple from engaging in any further services for Twitch. Additionally, the couple had to pay their full profits from the business, to the tune of $1.3 million, and an additional fine of $55,000 to Twitch.

While this is good for Twitch, and certainly good for streamers as well, it sits in rough legal grounds. Twitch has had to give up on pursuing many illegal activities based in Germany and Switzerland simply because the laws make it impossible to pursue further action.