Omang Baheti | Published on 03 Jun 2021
Nintendo filed a lawsuit against RomUniverse.com, a website involved in hosting pirated versions of Nintendo games, in September of 2019. Nintendo claimed that the site facilitated the infringement of its intellectual property. Its initial complaint said that the site reportedly offers memberships of up to $ 30 a year, allowing subscribers to download games faster than non-subscribers. This was seen as an act of profiting from Nintendo's copyrighted works, and it sought $15 Million in potential damages.
Matthew Storman, the site’s operator, did not take down the site until last summer, even after repeated DMCA takedown notices.