In February, a massive surprise hit the internet when a leaker managed to secure and upload the collector's edition artbook of the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Over 200 pages of content involving the highly anticipated Breath of the Wild sequel were available to browse, months ahead of the game's scheduled May 12th release date. That same day, Nintendo sent out DMCA takedowns to Discord, where the leak had originated from--specifically, a server called Tears of the Kingdom Official Discord Server, which was very much unofficial.

That wasn't the end of things; Nintendo has gone on to take things to court. On April 7th, Nintendo of America filed for a DMCA subpoena, targeting the artbook leaker. They've narrowed down the account name of the person behind it all, but are seeking a court order that would require Discord to give Nintendo the real name, home address, telephone, and email address of the user.

NOA is requesting the attached proposed subpoena that would order Discord Inc. (“Discord”) to disclose the identity, including the name(s), address(es), telephone number(s), and e-mail addresses(es) of the user Julien#2743, who is responsible for posting infringing content that appeared at the following channel Discord channel Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The purpose for which this subpoena is sought is to obtain the identity of the Discord user Julien#2743, who posted infringing content that appeared on the Infringing Channel.​

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[VinsCool]

Rip, unless that person had a minimum of common sense, and used fake informations before leaking stuff, they're done for sure as soon as Discord obliges to the request by Nintendo.

 

[dh3lix-pooch]

Nintendon't(tm)

 

[AmandaRose]

Rip, unless that person had a minimum of common sense, and used fake informations before leaking stuff, they're done for sure as soon as Discord obliges to the request by Nintendo.

Most youngsters these days have zero common sense so they are probably toast lol.

 

[godreborn]

Why is it always noa?

 

[AmandaRose]

Why is it always noa?

The a at the end of noa is the clue. People there will sue you for absolutely anything lol.

 

[SkittleDash]

Signing up for Discord doesn't require your personal details. Just your email. I think they only ask for that stuff when you're adding a payment method to your account. If they've never got Nitro then Discord will have fuck all about them. lol

 

[godreborn]

They need to fire Doug bowser. He's destroying Nintendo's reputation, because I'm sure many legit users know what's up, including myself.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Why is it always noa?

Be difficult for noj or noe to sue someone on a different continent.

 

[godreborn]

Be difficult for noj or noe to sue someone on a different continent.

If they know nothing about him beyond a user name, how are we supposed to know he's American?

 

[Reploid]

Nice dickmove

 

[The Real Jdbye]

If they know nothing about him beyond a user name, how are we supposed to know he's American?

Most of the English speaking Internet is American. It's not a guarantee, but it's a reasonable assumption.

 

[linuxares]

Discord logs EVERYTHING... man people are stupid

 

[godreborn]

Still, it's an assumption.

 

[Something whatever]

LOL once its on the internet its too late. Nintendo is still stuck in the stone age with this kind of stuff

 

[K3Nv4]

No one can really fault Nintendo over going after their leaked data though they're use to it by now. Guys toast.

 

[Kioku]

LOL once its on the internet its too late. Nintendo is still stuck in the stone age with this kind of stuff

You do realize there’s a reason they’re looking for the guy who leaked the information, not the sites who are hosting it right? It’s not a matter of getting it removed from the internet, it’s about punishing the guy who put it there without permission.

 

[Noctosphere]

The a at the end of noa is the clue. People there will sue you for absolutely anything lol.

Peoples in the A sue mcdonald for making them fat

 

[Kioku]

Peoples in the A sue mcdonald for making them fat

No no, we sue for our coffee being too hot.

Edit: Complete thread derailment over a joke.

 

[K3Nv4]

No no, we sue for our coffee being too hot.

You might be able to get away with that but if the coffee ends up as your heart or a tooth good luck sueing anyone.