By now, you’re more than likely aware of the news that Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against James “Archbox” Williams, who is accused by Nintendo of Nintendo Switch piracy. Nintendo recently provided details on how the company managed to identify him in the first place. However, it seems that Nintendo doesn’t want to stop with just Williams. They’re interested in identifying his business associates too.
You see, late last week, Nintendo issued another court file. There, the company is asking the court for permission to subpoena internet domain companies such as Name Cheap, Go Daddy and Tucows. They also want to subpoena Cloudflare, GitHub, Discord, Google, and Reddit. This is because Nintendo wants business records so they can find more pirates to sue. More specifically, Nintendo wants to go after people that Williams may have ties to and associated with, saying that “the purpose of all of the requested subpoenas is to seek relevant information that is necessary for NOA to pursue infringement claims”.
Nintendo was particularly interested in Reddit, with the company saying that “Defendant was a primary moderator of the SwitchPirates community, under the name ‘Archbox,’ which boasted more than 190,000 members. Nintendo has reason to believe that other accounts active in the SwitchPirates community may also have been controlled by Defendant, or else reflect other individuals who have worked alongside Defendant”. So, it seems that the r/SwitchPirates subreddit is likely to be Nintendo’s #1 target of their hunt for Williams’ associates.
Nintendo wants both attention and the spread of misery.
But we don’t always get what we want. Why should Nintendo be any different.
Aaah… So you’re on the good ol’ bandwagon: “I don’t want payment for a job I’ve done”, yeah?
Good luck in a world where money sadly talks, my good person :)
Or by your definition: “People only talk to those who take money”.
imagine thinking what they do is wrong. Man.. some gamers are really something.
No other video game company behaves this extra.
No other video game company has as valuable IP either.
I would absolutely love it if you made the all time perfect video game, crowned a 200% on Metacritic and billions of dollars in sales. Then you come with the perfect sequel to this game, and then someone to come along and pirate both games (second one ahead of release), and see if your attitude would change on the subject.
Some things never change.
Emulation is legal in the United States. Sorry for people who pretend it isn’t.
That’s like saying driving is legal in the United States. Technically it is, but there are a lot of ways you can drive a car that are NOT legal. There are a lot of emulation related activities that are NOT legal. Especially streaming games that haven’t even been released yet, which is the reason Nintendo is pissed at this guy.
Stealing isn’t legal lol
I’m all for emulation and games preservation but not when people think they are entitled to “free” games.
King K Rool?
Its morally correct to pirate games from Nintendo, Ea, Ubisoft and Bethesda.
It is morally correct that you end up in prison for such remarks…:’)
Nintendo better not see my miyoo mini…GULP.
Whenever theres an article about nintendo squashing piracy, these comment sections always make me feel sick. Do you guys genuinely believe that anyone is benefitting from this?
Morality does not equal legality.
Yet the inverse is preached like it IS.
One of the things I CAN agree with Ninty on. There’s harmless emulation & then there’s this.
This situation shows how seriously companies are starting to treat digital piracy and related investigations.
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