Dstorage will no longer be able to host pirated Nintendo games for people to share.
Nintendo’s litigious nature is nothing new, but this time around the developer finds itself in France for a ruling. The French court found in favor of Nintendo in a case against Dstorage, a sharehosting website. The court battle has been a protracted one, dating back to 2021. Nintendo had demanded Dstorage remove uploads of its proprietary games software, with the latter refusing.
Flash forward to now and following two failed appeals, the court has determined that Dstorage needs to remove said software, as well as any pirated games that rights holders ask to have removed or face the possibility of legal penalties. Here’s what Nintendo’s legal team had to say about the ruling:
Nintendo is pleased with the Court’s finding of liability against Dstorage and believes that it is significant for not only Nintendo, but for the entire games industry. It will prevent sharehosters like 1fichier.com from claiming like it did during the proceedings on the merits that a prior decision from a court is needed before pirated content must be taken down, and it confirms the rights that holders have to give notice of when claiming that notified content infringes copyright or trademark rights.
This isn’t the first, nor likely the last, time that Nintendo has fought vigorously to protect its intellectual property. Just last April, for instance, Nintendo settled out of court with Yuzu emulator developer Tropic Haze and Bunnel for $2.4 million. It’s clear that Nintendo isn’t going to be deterred in its battle against piracy and this recent ruling is proof further.
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
