Nintendo wins lawsuit against streamer who played pirated games

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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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Nintendo soon will transform into a law consulting firm ....

Seriously : I am boycotting Nintendo, I didn't buy any Switch 1 game in the last 3 years, I will never buy another Nintendo product nor play any Nintendo game, until they change this aggressive approach towards their customers.

Sony/Microsoft have been encouraging streamers, even sponsoring events (there is even a 'Share' button on their controller). Maybe they lose little money by tolerating this but it's effective marketing
 
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Nintendo soon will transform into a law consulting firm ....

Seriously : I am boycotting Nintendo, I didn't buy any Switch 1 game in the last 3 years, I will never buy another Nintendo product nor play any Nintendo game, until they change this aggressive approach towards their customers.

Sony/Microsoft have been encouraging streamers, even sponsoring events (there is even a 'Share' button on their controller). Maybe they lose little money by tolerating this but it's effective marketing

Did you even read what he did?
This guy was streaming pirated games before they the official release. When Nintendo reached out to him, he lashed out and said he would keep on doing it. This is probably the most tame lawsuit Nintendo has done, Sony and Microsoft don't have this issue since they don't have games leaked a weak prior (and emulated on stream).
 
So, all said and done, big N is to blame for all things involving piracy with their content!

It is entertaining to say the least with the comments from the same braindead clowns.

I, like most video game consumers have become to hate Nintendo. I boycotted after the Wii, I have not gave a single dime to the company in 15 years until recently I won a Switch 2 in raffle. Sure, I have 5 Wii and 2 Wii U systems now and homebrew installed. Use your checks and balances! In other words, I did not pay for many games!

This discussion is ridiculous knowing what the intention was from the beginning. Stop hating N for your own filthy entertainment and get a job.
 
I mean lawsuits and more lawsuits... that's too much.

Professionally speaking: Nintendo should secure their console, secure their servers and make sure no content is leaked. That's the most professional and efficient way to do it (Look again at PS5, Xbox/X, PC (Denuvo)).
 
Nintendo soon will transform into a law consulting firm ....
Why? You think McDonald is a fast food company?😂😂
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No need to try to reason with this tool. The brain is baked...move on.
That's actually just a parrot. Hating Nintendo is one thing. But blaming them for everything is another. Right now, he sounds like "people said they were bad and greedy, so they will be the villains forever" and now, he's not even able to think for himself, only repeating "Nintendo is bad" or "Nintendo is wrong".
 
No, because it's not a realistic fear for you to have. It's ridiculous to assume that because this one guy is like that, everyone else in the neighborhood might be too. You're forgetting a very important part of this metaphor, so let me spell it out for you: your house is not only massive, but it's made of steel. The fear of being in danger because some guy is throwing rocks is unfounded and downright paranoid. Your house is colossal, it's made of steel, it's having several thousand layers built around it every day, negating any damage one person, or even a dozen people could do to it with rocks. You're not doing nothing about it, either. Notice I mentioned being removed by police, serving jail time, house arrest, or even being labeled a public menace. Most people, even if they wanted to throw rocks at your house, are not going to think any of those things are worth it. And the one or two people that do are such outliers, such forgettable little blips on the radar that they simply do not matter in the grand scheme of things.

And, just saying: if a bunch of people want to throw rocks at your house, maybe there's a reason for that. Maybe you should consider why you have enemies instead of portraying yourself as an innocent, honest member of the community. Maybe they wouldn't be throwing rocks if you weren't such an absolute cunt. The more you treat your consumer base like shit, the more they'll tell you to go fuck yourself and the more willing they'll be to take matters into their own hands and not feel sorry when something bad happens to you. There's a reason people sympathize with Luigi.

Being convicted of a felony is not a slap on the wrist. It has far-reaching consequences that extend past the point of paying a stupid amount of money. You will lose your house, you will lose your civil rights, you will lose child custody, you will lose your insurance, and you will lose most job opportunities. Does that sound like a slap on the wrist to you?

You keep bringing up "taunting the company" as if that somehow makes it even more justified. You know taunting people, even police, is protected free speech, right? Or are you operating under "talk shit, get hit" logic, which would mean this was never about the law?

I'm not responding to your last paragraph because it's all shit I've replied to before and I'm getting sick of this going in circles.
Lol, you're pretty good. You're baiting Kingofknights massively. But you can stop pretending now, the entertainment has ceased.
 
Lol, you're pretty good. You're baiting Kingofknights massively. But you can stop pretending now, the entertainment has ceased.
Worst part is I don't think he's pretending. He really seems to be brainwashed into thinking "NINTENDO IS BAD! NINTENDO IS ALWAYS WORSE!" and seems to think that pirating Nintendo is ok in a legal way because it's Nintendo.
 
Worst part is I don't think he's pretending. He really seems to be brainwashed into thinking "NINTENDO IS BAD! NINTENDO IS ALWAYS WORSE!" and seems to think that pirating Nintendo is ok in a legal way because it's Nintendo.
Welcome to GBAtemp, that's all one can say.
 
Worst part is I don't think he's pretending. He really seems to be brainwashed into thinking "NINTENDO IS BAD! NINTENDO IS ALWAYS WORSE!" and seems to think that pirating Nintendo is ok in a legal way because it's Nintendo.
If all you got out of all of my legitimate arguments is "Nintendo bad" then there's no saving you.
 
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If all you got out of all of my legitimate arguments is "Nintendo bad" then there's no saving you.
Yea, that guy is definitely a troll. I'm blocking him, right here, right now.
And I'm putting this label right here so that it is eyecatchy and, hopefully, more people do it
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They... did not?
One patent was refused, the case itself is still ongoing.
And it's not even a final rejection. Nintendo can still either revise the patent, or seek appeal to prove why the things brought up don't count as prior art. And even if they can't do either of those, there's still at least two patents involved in the case that are still considered valid for the time being. Anyone that expected the lawsuit to end quickly, when your average patent lawsuit can easily last 2-3+ years unless a settlement is reached (and the last known patent lawsuit that involved Nintendo lasted ~5 years before settlement), are simply deluding themselves into thinking PalWorld is just that special of a game.
This discussion is ridiculous knowing what the intention was from the beginning. Stop hating N for your own filthy entertainment and get a job.
This is pretty much the crux of a lot of the recent Nintendo "hate", yeah. People that are too cheap to buy games, hate that people are having fun with something they bought with their own money, and want to blame something for their inability to find value for once in their boring, meaningless lives. It's one thing to dislike Nintendo for legitimate reasons - I have no problems with that. Spreading deliberate misinformation and hateful propaganda, though? Fastest way to find out whose dislike for Nintendo is legitimate, and which people are hypocritical posers who just want easy internet points and Reddit upvotes.
Lol, you're pretty good. You're baiting Kingofknights massively. But you can stop pretending now, the entertainment has ceased.
Nobody does huge posts like that for that long while "pretending" to be something. If they're that devoted to what they're saying, then they 100% believe everything they typed/said, plain and simple.
Yea, that guy is definitely a troll. I'm blocking him, right here, right now.
And I'm putting this label right here so that it is eyecatchy and, hopefully, more people do it
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Ditto on the blocking. Was already considering it.
 
Here's a life lesson. If you're streaming a pirated Nintendo game that just leaked early, and got an email from Nintendo telling you to "stop streaming our leaked game" after they got your channel DMCAed, you just stop streaming the leaked game. You do not respond with "FUCK YOU NINTENDO! I HAVE 34985904853 BURNER ACCOUNTS, AND WILL KEEP STREAMING YOUR LEAKED GAME! FUCK YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?!"
 
Here's a life lesson. If you're streaming a pirated Nintendo game that just leaked early, and got an email from Nintendo telling you to "stop streaming our leaked game" after they got your channel DMCAed, you just stop streaming the leaked game. You do not respond with "F@!K YOU NINTENDO! I HAVE 34985904853 BURNER ACCOUNTS, AND WILL KEEP STREAMING YOUR LEAKED GAME! F@!K YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?!"
I basically said this several pages ago. I still believe this guy WANTED Nintendo to go after him to get him public notoriety. By continuing this thread we are giving him exactly what believe he wants, more attention.
 
I basically said this several pages ago. I still believe this guy WANTED Nintendo to go after him to get him public notoriety. By continuing this thread we are giving him exactly what believe he wants, more attention.
Well, he got it, a 17k fine, and his computers destroyed. He can have his 6 page Gbatemp thread, I hope it was worth the 17k fine. lmao
 
Well, he got it, a 17k fine, and his computers destroyed. He can have his 6 page Gbatemp thread, I hope it was worth the 17k fine. lmao
His computers weren't destroyed. The court ruled against that request from Nintendo as it was too broad.
 

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 probably made more money streaming from YouTube then this lawsuit. Peanuts for him to pay that 17,500$ 🤣
 

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