Just about a year ago, Nintendo sought legal action against a streamer who was garnering popularity by playing Nintendo games prior to their official release date. The streamer, Jesse Keighin, who goes by the handle of Every Game Guru, bragged about playing pirated copies of games on Nintendo Switch emulators. According to last year's lawsuit, Nintendo's legal team had reached out to Keighin, who responded by writing a letter claiming that they had a thousand burner channels, and would keep up streaming the pirated games no matter what.

Nintendo was unable to physically get in contact with Keighin, and was eventually forced to reach out via email and attempted visits to Keighin's family. As there was no response by the defendant, a Colorado judge ruled in favor of Nintendo. The defendant now owes Nintendo $17,500 in damages, though Nintendo's request for a permanent injunction and for the defendant to destroy all circumvention devices was denied, as it was too broad of a subject to apply to just emulators on a computer.

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[ccfman2004]

As the old saying goes: "You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes."

 

[8BitWonder]

Nintendo was unable to physically get in contact with Keighin, and was eventually forced to reach out via email and attempted visits to Keighin's family.

While the outcome in this lawsuit isn't particularly surprising, I do find it disturbing that Nintendo is sleuthing for and trying to visit family members to get to people.

Gives off the same vibe as those leaked documents where they were stalking Neimod's life, while they were big in the 3DS scene.

 

[Sir Tortoise]

On the one hand, it's ridiculous for Nintendo to target individuals this way if they aren't selling/distributing ROMs. On the other hand, there's no way the gimmick of playing games a few days early is boosting your viewership enough to pay for a de facto settlement like this. Gotta find a better hook.

He was distributing the files and also taking donations (the latter I know is a capital offence on GBATemp)

 

[Magnus87]

That sounds perfect to me. If you want to pirate, do it just for yourself, don't promote it, and definitely don't show it explicitly.

 

[HarveyHouston]

It's like Batman chasing the Joker - he's always one step ahead of you until he finally slips up... but then, it's almost like he wants to be caught.

...Whoa. That's already weird. I can't believe I just thought of that.

 

[The Catboy]

Can’t wait for none of this money to go making games!

 

[Ericzander]

For anyone who reads the headline, not the content, and then the comments...

This was a default judgment because the Defendant never filed an answer or went to court. This is a win for Nintendo but not exactly a slam dunk for them in terms of precedent for future cases.

 

[AngryCinnabon]

Fuck around and find out.

 

[Osha]

"Taunt to get bodied" is always a true combo, no matter what kind of game you're playing.

 

[RAHelllord]

For anyone who reads the headline, not the content, and then the comments...

This was a default judgment because the Defendant never filed an answer or went to court. This is a win for Nintendo but not exactly a slam dunk for them in terms of precedent for future cases.

Came here to say this, the only defacto reason Nintendo won is because the defendant didn't show up and thus the court automatically ruled in favor of the party that did show up.
There is a realistic chance the guy could have actually won the case, if he had actually showed up and put up any kind of defense at all. Or the fine could have been lower.

But not showing up to a court hearing is just really stupid. The IRS will be taking his money, unlike Nintendo he can't avoid them unless he flees the US.

 

[NitroShell]

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Just about a year ago, Nintendo sought legal action against a streamer who was garnering popularity by playing Nintendo games prior to their official release date. The streamer, Jesse Keighin, who goes by the handle of Every Game Guru, bragged about playing pirated copies of games on Nintendo Switch emulators. According to last year's lawsuit, Nintendo's legal team had reached out to Keighin, who responded by writing a letter claiming that they had a thousand burner channels, and would keep up streaming the pirated games no matter what.

Nintendo was unable to physically get in contact with Keighin, and was eventually forced to reach out via email and attempted visits to Keighin's family. As there was no response by the defendant, a Colorado judge ruled in favor of Nintendo. The defendant now owes Nintendo $17,500 in damages, though Nintendo's request for a permanent injunction and for the defendant to destroy all circumvention devices was denied, as it was too broad of a subject to apply to just emulators on a computer.

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He had it coming for him.

 

[x65943]

Can you really call it winning if it was no contest

The man never showed up

 

[The Catboy]

For anyone who reads the headline, not the content, and then the comments...

This was a default judgment because the Defendant never filed an answer or went to court. This is a win for Nintendo but not exactly a slam dunk for them in terms of precedent for future cases.

Should rename this thread to something like, "Streamer lost his court case by being too much of a little bitch"

 

[kingaz]

They are actual, real, human beings who make the choice to sue.

Yes. And in this case, that choice was objectively correct.

 

[JonJaded]

I wonder if theyre gonna ever get r$tardkun.

 

[AncientBoi]

Look out guys. THIS sets a presidence for us here in the US. Especially when we have tRuMp.

 

[Ettino]

No. No one deserves this.

Oh he totally does. Classic case of Fuck around and find out.

 

[Skelletonike]

No. No one deserves this.

He did. It was his choice to take things further and ignore warnings.

 

[nWo]

I have always said, since this "lawsuits rampage" as I call it, started, that it was because of the new president. Can someone please, enlighten me and tell me, if Nintendo has been this insolent (regarding lawsuits) before? I can swear that, until Iwata passed away, that I never heard about ridiculous lawsuits. Some here and there but with legal, comprehensible reasons, not firing left and right like a madman.

To me, when Iwata passed and this new guy took the front, Nintendo lost a big chunk of its soul. Since then, things feel stale and boring, and it shows on everything the company does, sadly. I'm a Nintendo fan since 1991 when I was a little lad, so, if I'm mistaken please let me know.

 

[Reecey]

What an absolute knob! He actually sent a note directly to Nintendo and put in it “I have a thousand burner channels” “you may run a company but I run the streets”