"Nintendo has secured another payout from a lawsuit it pursued against a producer of products designed to help pirate Switch games. Already notorious for its hardline approach to piracy, modding, and emulation, Nintendo has been granted a monetary judgment under which the target of the lawsuit must pay the company $2 million. As spotted by X user OatmealDome, Ryan Michael Daly was found by a district court in Washington to have damaged Nintendo through his production and sale of modded devices."
"According to the court document reviewed by GameSpot, he created products "primarily designed for the purpose of circumventing the TPMs [technological protection measures]." The court also found that Daly's actions "caused NOA [Nintendo of America] significant and irreparable harm." Along with having to pay $2 million to Nintendo, the modder is also permanently prohibited from taking any future action to evade Nintendo's security or digital rights protection systems or to give guidance to other people in modding or pirating Nintendo property."
A district court in Washington found Ryan Michael Daly damaged Nintendo by producing and selling modded devices primarily designed to circumvent technological protection measures (TPMs). The court found Daly's actions caused Nintendo of America significant and irreparable harm and awarded Nintendo a $2 million monetary judgment. The order permanently bars Daly from evading Nintendo's security or giving others guidance on modding or pirating Nintendo property, and mandates seizure and destruction of devices used in the modding business. Previous enforcement includes a $15 million judgment against Gary Bowser and copyright strikes applied to creators showing emulated Nintendo games.
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