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Nintendo Wins $4.5M In Switch Pirate Lawsuit (aftermath.site)
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Nintendo of America was awarded $4.5 million in damages in its lawsuit against a Reddit moderator who allegedly sold pirated Nintendo Switch games. Nintendo sued James Williams, who goes by Archbox online, in June 2024 for violating its copyrights. The court will also force Williams to close the online shops in which he distributes pirated games. Nintendo's win was a default judgement, which means that Williams did not respond to the lawsuit in court. Therefore, Nintendo won the amount it had asked for in its October 2025 filings seeking a default judgment.

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[–] 17 points 2 days ago (1 child)

For real, was he a millionaire through online pirated sales? At most he probably cracked 5 digits.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 days ago

    I'm trying to picture the biggest operation possible with multiple storefronts and a breaking bad level assembly line. They're saying the amount that he cost them if he was doing all that is more that Nintendo of America makes in a year.

    Don't know why I'm trying to visualize it. It's obvious what's going on

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