According to the document, Keighin sent a letter to Nintendo in late October “bragging that he has ‘a thousand recorded channels’ to stream” and that he will continue to use them.
Follow the source of this article (in this case Polygon, yuck) and you will find the original info:
It’s seeking $150,000 for each alleged violation of Nintendo’s rights outlined in the Copyright Act and $2,500 for each alleged violation of the Copyright Act’s anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking provisions. Alternatively, Nintendo also could elect to take “actual damages,” i.e. money it’s lost, and Keighin’s profits, “in amounts to be proven at trial.”
But then those sorts of countries usually have law enforcement that likes taking large amounts of “financial incentives” to do whatever a company like Nintendo wants them to do.
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Don’t think he was intimidated
Thats not even the crazy part
There’s only 6 figures.
The key here is $152.500 per infringement. So if he streamed at least 50 times in the past two years, that’s $76 million at least.
And that falls straight back into “normalcy” (for Nintendo).
That’s not what the article says…
Granted they will be seeking additional damages in court, too.
Follow the source of this article (in this case Polygon, yuck) and you will find the original info:
Ahhh thanks
Except they know his real name and his face, that kind of threat doesn’t work when they can just tell your country to arrest you for breaking the law.
Yeah he’s got balls. Also an idiot, but still.
That assumes the country gives a shit. Many countries simply do not care about what Intellectual Property you “own” or created in some other country.
But then those sorts of countries usually have law enforcement that likes taking large amounts of “financial incentives” to do whatever a company like Nintendo wants them to do.
I’m not sure that Nintendo has any pull in any Middle Eastern country or China.
But all of this is moot as the lawsuit is in the US… And Nintendo would just tell the streaming services to ban them over and over again.