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Nintendo sues Reddit mod for $4.5M (www.polygon.com)
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[–] simple@piefed.social 127 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

as always shitty journalism from polygon that conveniently leaves out details

  1. he was allegedly running rom download sites that had some roms behind a paywall and casually advertised them on the switch pirates subreddit to try and make money

  2. he received a cease and decist telling him to stop and completely ignored it

  3. the 4.5m Nintendo is asking for is the default judgement, not a specific number

this guy is a dumbass, basically

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Your first two points are mentioned in the article:

The filing claims that Williams sent thousands of messages on Reddit to other users directing them to piracy websites, at times offering technical support for issues fans might encounter while attempting to mod their Switch. Williams reportedly asked for "donations" of Nintendo eShop gift cards in exchange for his services. The Japanese company believes that Williams created, operated, supported, and promoted piracy websites that allowed users to download "extensive" libraries of Nintendo Switch games.

In the lawsuit, Nintendo also says that it attempted to work with Williams by sending a cease and desist letter in March 2024. In it, Nintendo urged Williams to "shut down his pirate shops." While Williams initially seemed receptive, Nintendo alleges that progress came to a halt as Williams denied involvement with any piracy shop and apparently became "combative." Eventually, Williams apparently deleted his online posts that could imply culpability.

[–] simple@piefed.social 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

there's a big difference between making a piracy website and profiting off selling pirated content, which the article doesn't mention. there's also a lot of nintendo claims and he denies which doesn't make it clear what was happening, but so many redditors knew and confirmed he was selling roms which makes his story clearly false and less likeable

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

But this doesn't confirm my bias'.