We find out today that Nintendo has sued a rom site for Mario 3. The law suit lists the site didn’t have Nintendo permission and that the site mentioned now at 17 million visitors a month have become a threat to Nintendo.
“Defendants reproduce, redistribute, publicly perform and display a staggering number of unauthorized copies of Nintendo’s video games, all without Nintendo permission.” Nintendo also states that the defendant’s websites have become enormously popular, reaching 17 million visitors each month, because of the illegal distribution of such ROMs, such that the sites reap “substantial ill-gotten gains”, and damage Nintendo and threaten “irreparable injury”
This law suit doesn’t stop at Mario as other titles from Nintendo library are mentioned. Not only that but the sites involved are told to stop as well as pay back Nintendo.
“Defendants are not casual gamers but are instead sophisticated parties with extensive knowledge of Nintendo’s intellectual property and the video game industry more generally”, notes Nintendo. They request the takedown of both sites, as well as damages of $150,000 per Nintendo game infringement, as well as up to $2,000,000 for each copyright infringement.”
Article:http://www.siliconera.com/2018/07/22/nintendo-files-lawsuit-against-two-well-known-rom-sites/
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