YouTuber Who Trolled Nintendo Now Owes $17,500 In Switch Piracy Lawsuit

"The Court issues an injunction preventing Defendant from infringing Nintendo's copyrighted works, including by streaming, and from trafficking in Switch emulators, Nintendo's proprietary cryptographic keys, or other software or technologies that circumvent Nintendo's technological protective measures," U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher wrote in an order issued earlier this week (via TorrentFreak). The only thing the judge didn't grant Nintendo was its request to confiscate and destroy any tools Keighin had used to pirate Switch games."

"But what's most remarkable is how defiant Keighin remained throughout the entire case. 'LOVE YA'LL! CAPITALISM IS CANCER! MY CHANNEL IS BEING DELETED FOR SHARING GAMEPLAY VIDEOS! THIS IS YOUR REWARD!' he posted on social media when he first caught the attention of Nintendo's legal department. Even after the lawsuit was filed he continued to troll the company, despite not mounting any legal defense of his own."

"Jesse Keighin faced over $1 million in potential damages when Nintendo sued him for streaming allegedly pirated copies of its games ahead of their official release. When the company initially issued copyright strikes against his channel, he reportedly responded by trolling the Mario maker and sharing ways to pirate its games. Keighin has now lost that lawsuit and owes Nintendo $17,500."

Jesse Keighin faced potential damages exceeding $1 million after Nintendo sued him for streaming allegedly pirated Switch games ahead of their official release. Nintendo issued copyright strikes against his channel, and Keighin reportedly trolled the company and shared ways to pirate its games. A U.S. district court issued an injunction barring Keighin from infringing Nintendo's copyrighted works, streaming them, or trafficking in Switch emulators, cryptographic keys, or circumvention technologies. The judge declined Nintendo's request to confiscate and destroy alleged piracy tools, calling that demand unclear and unsupported by evidence. Keighin owes Nintendo $17,500.

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