Reddit mod ordered to pay Nintendo $4.5 million in Switch piracy lawsuit

Nintendo won its $4.5 cardinal suit against James Williams, a Reddit moderator accused of distributing pirated Switch games, as reported earlier by Aftermath. In a default judgement issued connected Wednesday, a Washington national justice besides ordered Williams to unopen down the online stores allegedly lodging libraries of pirated Switch games.

Nintendo sued Williams, also known arsenic "archbox" online, successful 2024. In its complaint, the gaming elephantine claimed Williams became a "leading moderator" of the r/SwitchPirates community, wherever helium allegedly solicited "donations" of Nintendo eShop acquisition cards and copies of Switch games "to beryllium copied and distributed" connected …

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