A Washington federal court entered a $4.5 million default judgment against James “archbox” Williams, a Reddit moderator accused of operating online “pirate shops” that distributed pirated Nintendo Switch games. Nintendo’s complaint says Williams rose to a leading role in the r/SwitchPirates community, solicited donations of Nintendo eShop gift cards and copies of Switch titles to be copied and shared, promoted shops offering pirated game files and circumvention software, and aided others in distributing copyrighted games. U.S. District Judge Lauren King concluded Nintendo demonstrated those activities and ordered Williams to disable access to the alleged pirate stores and to shut down any social media accounts used to distribute pirated Switch games after he failed to respond to the lawsuit.
The $4.5 million award represents statutory damages of $150,000 per violation across 30 copyrighted games, including Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Luigi’s Mansion 3, and Pikmin 4. The judgment is part of a broader, aggressive enforcement effort by Nintendo against piracy and circumvention tools; the company has pursued multiple copyright suits in recent years and recently prevailed in a Netherlands case that outlawed Mig flash cartridges used to play pirated copies.
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