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It’s no secret that Nintendo is not a fan of piracy. However, this year is becoming pretty infamous for being very full of Nintendo taking legal action against many different people and companies. Nintendo has been particularly strict about the piracy of Switch games, and the vast majority of their legal pursuits have been in regards to that.
This is no exception. Nintendo has sued Jesse Keighin, known online as EveryGameGuru. Nintendo is claiming that Keighin streamed Nintendo Switch games that were emulated. In some cases, said games were not officially released yet, including Mario & Luigi: Brotherhood. Nintendo is wanting $150,000 for each copyright infringement.
Nintendo also accuses Keighin of encouraging Switch piracy, directing his viewers to Switch emulators and tools. He is even cited on October 17th for telling Nintendo that he will “actively help people find newer and updated copies of Ryujinx and Yuzu” and that he stated that he was helping people play Switch games “on their PC with no need to buy [Nintendo’s] hardware”.
What makes this streamer different is that, according to Nintendo, not only did he continue to stream after getting channels taken down, but he sent a letter directly to Nintendo taunting them, claiming that he has “a thousand burner accounts” and that he can “do this all day”. He’s also accused of making money off of his streaming. He had a monetized YouTube channel that was taken down. Afterwards, Nintendo accuses Keighin of adding a CashApp handle to his streams so viewers could send donations.
Nintendo claims that Keighin has personally admitted to streaming pirated Nintendo Switch gameplay footage “on at least 50 occasions in the last 2 years”. This means that, should Nintendo win and receive the $150,000 per infringement of its copyright that they are seeking, Keighin could end up paying as much as $7,500,000.