Nintendo “wins” 12 Millions in lawsuit to ROM site
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That's a bit silly since they'll never be able to pay that much, kinda reminds me of the guy that leaked and dumped New Super Mario Bros. Wii 3 weeks early.
Edit : https://www.geek.com/games/nintendo...-super-mario-bros-wii-piracy-lawsuit-1085261/
It was "only" 1.3M that time.
Edit : https://www.geek.com/games/nintendo...-super-mario-bros-wii-piracy-lawsuit-1085261/
It was "only" 1.3M that time.
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wow. that said, it speaks volume to the fact that they can probably afford the 12 million (maybe?) they've seriously profited off the roms.
They can't that number is most likely a deterrent to others with ROM sites
Probably because Nintendo are highly unlikely to ever actually get 12 million from the couple, but this still serves as a message to stop other ROM sites.
If those rom sites run advertisements, then I can imagine it generating a lot of revenue.
Edit: wasn't trying to imply that they were making millions from this site.
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Maybe Nintendo can invest in it with all this money they just made!
a) TorrentFreak doesn't quite see it as a win and b) states the amount paid will likely be much lower.
I'm surprised the owners were able to generate $12 million for the agreement
Edit: Just saw the comments in here
Edit: Just saw the comments in here
I would like to know if they are actually gonna pay it or get out if it through bankruptcy or something. If Nintendo goes after more sites you have to assume it's because these sites are actually making quite a bit of profit.
Rip Nintendo games in ROM sites.
They better massively improve their classic game offering if they are taking down the only way to get some of these.
They better massively improve their classic game offering if they are taking down the only way to get some of these.
Maybe because the defendant is just a random couple and Nintendo will probably never be able to collect all of the 12m? Not sure though, can't read the full article atm.
Because people have concidered this widely a dick move by nintendo and a huge blow to game preservation.
These two were some of the largest ROM sites on the web. $12mm sounds like a lot, but it's also probably not too crazy either depending on their ad inventory and if they used to pay-click link services or had any sort of premium membership.
I have honestly no real sympathy for these two, they knew what they were doing. Nevertheless I hope this won't ruin their life, even though it's their own fault.
Nintendo games aren't going anywhere. ROM sites will just put things behind logins and decentralized hosts like Google drive and torrents.
And most do. You could run into countless ads just in the quest of one ROM, so it would all add up.
They're not going to pay the 12 million. I'm sure the price will be lower. This was just done for anyone else who is thinking about hosting Nintendo ROMs. I'd have no problem with this decision if Nintendo will do something in order to preserve their backlog of games that came out on their older systems but you know they won't.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Now that's a funny joke.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Now that's a funny joke.
Probably, but the type of people that know about emulation sites to begin with are likely to be computer literate enough to also block them if they so choose.
Plus, the ads on emu sites aren't exactly going to the big money ones, like Coca-Cola etc.
While I love Nintendo for their games and all, fuck this. This is definitely taking it too far, especially when right now you can only pay for NES games on the Switch.
The worst part is that roms aren't going anywhere. Yeah, there'll be harder to find (read: maybe click a few more links), but it's not like they'll disappear from the internet.
The worst part is that roms aren't going anywhere. Yeah, there'll be harder to find (read: maybe click a few more links), but it's not like they'll disappear from the internet.
This is a nice side business for Nintendo. They'll make millions!
It still just boggles my mind that Nintendo doesn't sell their roms for a bit cheaper and a wider variety. It sucks because I would buy a ton more if they would let me easily play their Virtual Console games on multiple platforms and for cheaper. I mean SNES games a 8-10$ if I remember correctly was crazy. I would rather just bring out my old consoles.
