November 11th 2024.
Mario and Luigi's lawyers have recently taken aggressive action against another overconfident streamer who thought they could get away with pirating Nintendo games. It seems that Nintendo does not take kindly to those who try to use their games without proper permission.
The company has a reputation for being ruthless when it comes to dealing with piracy. In fact, they have shut down several Switch emulators in the past year alone. But they are especially quick to take legal action against streamers who broadcast emulated Nintendo games. This was evident when they recently issued copyright strikes against a YouTuber who was promoting devices that allowed Switch games to be played on a PC.
And now, Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against another streamer, Jesse Keighin, for streaming pirated Switch games since 2022. According to the lawsuit, Keighin, who goes by the name Every Game Guru, has streamed 10 unreleased games, including popular titles like Mario & Luigi: Brothership, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and Super Mario Party Jamboree.
Nintendo claims that Keighin has also promoted links to emulators like Yuzu and Ryujinx, both of which have been shut down by the company for trafficking in unlawful software. They have even submitted multiple takedown notices to various platforms, but Keighin continues to stream unauthorized content on any platform he can find.
In one instance, after receiving copyright strikes from Nintendo, Keighin boasted to the company that he had "a thousand burner channels" and could "do this all day". He also allegedly added a CashApp handle to his streams in an attempt to profit from his unauthorized streaming after his monetized YouTube channel was shut down.
Nintendo is seeking $150,000 in damages for each copyrighted work, but it is unclear if this refers to each game or each stream. The lawsuit states that Keighin has streamed these 10 games more than 50 times, so the total amount could be either $1.5 million or $7.5 million. Additionally, Nintendo is seeking $2,500 for each instance of circumvention, which includes every time Keighin loaded unauthorized copies of games into an emulator and streamed them, as well as for every public link he shared to emulated games.
According to reports, Keighin has not yet responded to the lawsuit. This is just one of many legal actions Nintendo has taken against those who try to use their games without proper authorization. In the past, they have sentenced individuals to prison and imposed heavy fines for selling hacking devices and distributing pirated ROMs.
It seems that Nintendo has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to piracy, and they are not afraid to take legal action to protect their intellectual property. In other news, a Nintendo Direct has been announced for today, and fans are eagerly awaiting any updates or announcements. Despite a 31% sales drop, the Nintendo Switch is still on track to become the best-selling console ever. And with the last player of the Nintendo 3DS being forced offline, it truly marks the end of an era for the beloved handheld console.
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