Nintendo suits the Reddit moderator and the alleged Switch Pirate for $ 4.5 million, claiming that the figure “does not make up the amount that compensates for Nintendo of America for the seriousness of the defendant’s behavior.”
The behavior of Nintendo Selictions is the alleged “violations of the fight against the trading of DMCA” by James “Arhboks” Williams, moderator in Switch the pirates Subreddit, which is accused of copying and distributing the Nintendo Switch pirate games.
As reported at that time IGN, Nintendo tracked the alleged Switch pirate using a combination of Reddit and repair posts And he sued Williams for allegedly violating his digital copyright, selling Pirate copies of Switch games. He was able to find it using an online investigation that ARCHBOX traced to the address in Arizona.
Now in New court documents discovered PolygonNintendo filed a 30-page complaint, accusing Williams that he was “directly involved in the creation, operation, promotion, support and/or maintaining several other pirate stores”, as well as “detouring to facilitate the widespread use of pirate stores”.
Nintendo stated that in March 2024 he turned to Williams with termination and abstinence, and stated that the accused “admitted that his behavior violated the rights of Noa, and stated that he would work with Noa to satisfy the claims.” But Megorp claimed that Williams “however did not agree to stop his behavior”, denied participation in “pirate stores”, and when Noah asked him to confirm that he would meet the NOA requirements, he would become combat and incapable. ”
Soon after, a number of pirate stores became inaccessible, since the defendant “deleted or hid the evidence related to Noa’s claims,” said Nintendo, including many of his posts on social networks and his GitHub account. After the company once again tried in May 2024 to give Williams “the final opportunity for compliance”, she then filed a complaint against a person in June, claiming direct and indirect violations of copyright. When the court granted Nintendo permission to connect to the suppliers of Internet services of Williams in November 2024, the company announced the opening of “confirmed by the involved Williams.”
“Noa was and continues to be damaged as a direct and direct result of Williams' behavior,” the application explained. “Noa has reason to believe that Williams participated in the violation and illegal reproduction and distribution of hundreds or thousands of games with the copyright of Nintendo Switch, and that through various pirate stores he distributed or facilitated the distribution of thousands of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, uncertain copies. STEM video game piracy, including through the development, implementation and updating of its TPMS and police activities, as well as investigation of piracy reports such as Williams. ”
“In addition, there can be no doubt that Williams' behavior was deliberate, and that his intentionality is quite approved by the complaint. In any case, Williams’s own statements and actions are well documented, and fully confirm that Williams actually knew that his behavior violated or otherwise acted with “reckless neglect or deliberate blindness to the rights of the Cooperative’s power”.
The company said that from “difficulties in assessing the exact number of actual losses incurred by Noa, aggravated by the deliberate default of Williams and the refusal to participate in Discovery,” now it is looking for a judgment in favor of Nintendo for a modular award of $ 4.5 million, and in the order, but not looking for status, it is just awards, but only is awards, but only is award On the belief, but just a believer, but only on faith in “establishing or reward.” Williams violated copyright, of which 30 years. He also does not pursue a reward for his legal expenses.
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