Nintendo’s continued fight against Switch game piracy continues, as it’s now set its sights on a Nintendo Switch piracy subreddit which was recently highlighted in a lawsuit against an alleged pirate.
It was back in June (thanks, TorrentFreak) that Nintendo first filed a lawsuit against James Williams, also known as ‘Archbox.’ It alleged that he had “been involved in creating, operating, and promoting (and assisting others to create, operate, and promote) a network of unauthorized online ‘shops’ (nicknamed ‘freeshops’) which offer to the public extensive libraries of pirated Nintendo Switch games for download.” At the time, it called him “an active and prominent member of the Reddit community r/SwitchPirates,” and according to a new report from Game File, it sounds like the company is planning further investigation into the subreddit itself.
In a new court filing, it’s stated that an “extensive and diligent investigation into the operation, ownership, and control of the Pirate Shops, including efforts to determine the identity of Defendant Williams” previously took place, in which “we learned various details about the Pirate Shops and about Defendant’s involvement in them.” One of these things, it’s claimed, is that the “Defendant was the primary moderator of the ‘SwitchPirates’ Reddit community.” What’s more, it adds, “we also became aware of multiple other online actors who appeared to have a role in the Pirate Shops,” but it wasn’t able to identify or locate them at the time.
Nintendo paying Anton Chigurh to hunt you down for pirating Lego Horizon Adventures
thing is it’s laughably easy to get pirated ROMs for the switch. I just search “[game] switch ROM” and navigate whatever weird site with adblocker to download whatever I need. no torrent needed!
“It’s MY IP to sit on and do nothing with!”
I think this is what pisses me off the most. If you own an IP you should have a requirement to make it available. If you don’t, you lose the copyright.
The point of copyright is to allow you the exclusive right to sell a product so you can make money off producing it. If you stop selling it, there’s no reason to protect that right anymore.
Nintendo has done a really good job at getting me to never buy anything from them again.
Nintendo are digging their own grave. The more overzealous they get about piracy, the more people are going to pirate their games.
Get a fucking clue Nintendo. They only just clawed their way out of the WiiU being a bomb and now they’re going to piss away any good will with this piracy crap.
Typical corporate greed.
Putting on my fedora and trenchcoat, strapping a katana underneath it and heading to Nintendo HQ to re-enact the “Don’t Fear the Reaper” ending from Cyberpunk 2077 (CW: graphic violence, mention of suicide, and also spoilers for 2077) except I piss myself and quietly return home before the building’s even in eyesight.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
