Nintendo is hoping to wrap up its lawsuit against gamer Jesse Keighin, aka EveryGameGuru, after he failed to answer the complaint. The game giant seeks $17,500 in damages for copyright infringement, including streaming pre-release games and sharing links to emulators. In addition, Nintendo requests a broad global injunction to prevent future infringements, even for games that do not yet exist.
I really hate how circumventing protection measures on their own device is considered illegal. It’s my device, I should be allowed to do what I want.
Even the term “protection measures” annoys me, as it tries to protect their interests on my device.
Also, linking to an emulator should not be considered “trafficking circumvention devices”. Making circumvention devices illegal is bad enough.
But the streamer is an idiot too as he was publicly streaming cracked games pre release. Streaming any game can be considered copyright infringement, although it’s usually not enforced (it’s free advertisement).
