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Nintendo has been awarded $4.5 million in Switch piracy lawsuit
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Key Points:
- Nintendo of America has been awarded $4.5 million in damages in a piracy lawsuit against James Williams, aka Archbox, who sold pirated Nintendo Switch games.
- Williams was accused of distributing hundreds of thousands of unauthorized copies of Nintendo Switch titles through various online pirate shops.
- The court issued a default judgment after Williams failed to respond to the lawsuit, ordering him to immediately disable access to all online shops offering pirated games.
- Nintendo identified Williams through his activity on the SwitchPirates subreddit and linked him to a Nintendo Account used for hardware repairs, which helped locate his address.
- This case is part of Nintendo's ongoing legal efforts to combat piracy, including previous successful lawsuits against individuals distributing or streaming pirated games.
