Nintendo wins legal case over ROM site, site owner ordered to pay $12 million in damages

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Earlier this summer, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Jacob Mathias, otherwise known as the owner of LoveROMS and LoveRETRO, sites that notoriously hosted ROM files of retro Nintendo games. Immediately following the legal suit, both of the aforementioned domains were shut down to prevent further issue. Nintendo's legal action also had effects on other websites that had illegal content hosted on their servers, such as Emuparadise, which removed all download links shortly after the lawsuit was made public. Mathias and his wife, who were both charged on mass copyright infringement, plead guilty to the actions of trademark infringement and damages to Nintendo. They then entered settlement talks in order to find an agreeable amount of money to pay as reparations. Today, the final judgement for the case came in, showing that both Jacob Mathias and Nintendo had agreed for the former to pay $12,230,000 to the latter, over 12 million dollars.

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All copyrighted material owned by the couple must also be forfeited, and ownership of LoveROMs.com and LoveRETRO.co has been signed over to Nintendo of Japan.

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How the fuck is a family man supposed to pay that amount?
And what damages is Nintendo claiming?
Sorry but that's bullshit, Nintendo loses nothing out from ROMs being shared online (outside of current gen consoles) and there is no way someone like Mathias will ever be able to pay such an absurd amount.

Fuck you, Nintendo.
 
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and ownership of LoveROMs.com and LoveRETRO.co has been signed over to Nintendo of Japan.
lol imagine nintendo hosting their own shit on these sites now

(also should loveretro be .com @Chary? i was wrong)
 
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lol imagine nintendo hosting their own shit on these sites now

(also should loveretro be .com @Chary?)
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Our website, LoveROMS.com/LoveRetro.co, previously offered and performed unauthorized copies of Nintendo games, in violation of Nintendo’s copyrights and trademarks. LoveROMS.com/LoveRetro.co acknowledges that it caused harm to Nintendo, its partners, and customers by offering infringing copies of Nintendo games and has agreed to cease all such activities. To access legitimate Nintendo games online, please visit www.nintendo.com for information about the Nintendo Game Store.
 

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