Nintendo does not let a single pass. If a few days ago we saw how the giant knocked down hundreds of videos from a channel dedicated to modding The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildnow the company returns to the fray with a victory in court against a file hosting website that was hosted illegal roms of games.
Games are not shared over the internet
After several months of litigation, the French court has sided with Nintendo after the company dstorage appealed against the demand imposed by the Japanese. Nintendo denounced that, after requesting that Dstorage remove from the servers of its service 1filethey ignored it and continued to offer downloads of files that violated Nintendo’s intellectual property.
Come on, Nintendo discovered that in 1fichier there was Pirated Nintendo ROMs to download for free in obscene amounts and, after giving him an opportunity to delete the files, they decided to go to court, seeing that they were not being listened to.
Two years ago the court sentenced the French to pay almost 1 million euros in damages, and after appeal, the final resolution has determined that Dstorarge must pay 442,750 euros as compensation and 25,000 euros for trial expenses.
Nintendo has ruled on the matter, ensuring that it is satisfied with the court’s decision, and ensures that the result leaves a very clear message, and that is that if you kindly refuse to remove the files from your server, a powerful lawsuit could end you.
Does piracy make sense?
It is interesting to see how piracy cases basically affect Nintendo. Both Sony and Microsoft (especially the latter) have known how to direct their users to very interesting services that reward the user himself, and the implementation of online gaming has convinced the many users who now focus on certain games and forget to search illegal options.
However, in the case of Nintendo, piracy abounds. Many of its first party games are desired on hundreds of download pages, and the way Nintendo sees its ecosystem is far from how other competitors work. The games do not usually drop in price, and what cost 70 euros continues to cost the same years later.
This added to the physical format and the difficulties in obtaining digital versions make the Nintendo platform a somewhat difficult option to accept in the long term, however, sales and financial results continue to favor the giant, so something they will be doing fine. Of course, they will defend their belongings to the end.
Fountain:GamesIndustry
