Big Law
Nintendo Wins Millions in a Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against a ROM-Hosting Site
Nintendo has won a lawsuit against a ROM-hosting website called RomUniverse.
As reported by TorrentFreak, the site’s owner will have to pay $2.1 million in damages to Nintendo after the court ruled in the video game company’s favour. You can read a court order from the suit here. The lawsuit was filed back in September of 2019, with Nintendo seeking damages for copyright infringement and federal trademark infringement.
This is because the RomUniverse website hosted pirated versions of Nintendo games that users could download. It also offered premium subscriptions that allowed RomUniverse subscribers to surpass a download limit.
