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Nintendo targets Reddit pirates in piracy crackdown (overkill.wtf)

submitted 9 hours ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 51 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

The big ones:

Now Nintendo is seeking the court’s approval to actually subpoena Reddit for user records. These records, if shared, could identify additional moderators or users tied to the r/SwitchPirates subreddits. Nintendo argues that these records are critical to building their case against others in the alleged piracy ...

In addition to requesting records from Reddit, Nintendo's filing also makes appeals for information from other companies, including domain registrars such as Namecheap and GoDaddy, along with firms such as Cloudflare, Github, Google, and Discord.

[–] bokherif@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Subpoenaing Reddit for user records because some guy emulated a videogame made for your crappy handheld console.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 73 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Kinda weird that I'm rooting for reddit, a company I hate, against Nintendo, a company that usually brings me joy.

But here we are.

[–] hakase@lemm.ee 8 points 5 hours ago

As a lifelong Nintendo fan, I've been rooting against them in pretty much everything for close to a decade at this point.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 55 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Any time Nintendo is involved in a legal case, you can pretty safely assume they're probably wrong.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 18 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

On the other hand, r/switchpirates is transparently a community for the express purpose of pirating Nintendo games for their current system. It’s one of the rare cases where I think they probably can make a slam-dunk legal case to shut it down.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 29 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

To shut it down, sure. To get information on accounts simply for posting there? They can fuck off.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

Nintendo is definitely overstepping with that request, but I can't say I feel bad for the subset of Redditors shitting their pants because they admitted to distributing* ROMs. Trusting a corporation to protect you from the consequences of your actions is a level of stupidity beyond deserving sympathy.

*Specifically distributing. Not downloading. Not discussing. Distributing.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

They used to be pretty strict about posting links. If that's still the case, it's literally just a discussion forum discussing and promoting something illegal and not necessarily doing anything illegal. I'll wager that the judge would only sign off on information from users that Nintendo already has enough evidence against. But I guess we'll see.