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Nintendo sues a streamer for streaming ten games before their release (www.gamescensor.com)
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[–] donuts@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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).

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's not what the article says...

Granted they will be seeking additional damages in court, too.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.”