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US court orders Redditor to pay Nintendo £3.4m over Switch piracy

Original: US court orders Redditor to pay Nintendo £3.4m over Switch piracy A US District Judge has granted Nintendo a £3.4 millio

A US District Judge has granted Nintendo a £3.4 million ($4.5m) default judgment against James Williams, known online as "Archbox", a former Reddit moderator accused of Switch piracy. The ruling came after Williams failed to respond to Nintendo's lawsuit. The case highlights the games industry's escalating legal crackdowns on console hacking and piracy, and is drawing wide attention from gamers debating the size of the penalty.

Why now: Nintendo's aggressive litigation against piracy and the unusually large default judgment against an individual make the ruling striking to gamers.

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• US court orders Redditor to pay Nintendo £3.4m over Switch piracy A US District Judge has granted Nintendo a £3.4 million ($4.5m) default judgment against James Williams, the former Reddit moderator known online as "Archbox", after he failed to respond to a lawsuit over alleged… · gamewire@gamefan.net · 1

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