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Nintendo to ROM sites: Forget cease-and-desist, now we're suing

Nintendo's attitude toward ROM releases—either original games' files or fan-made edits—has often erred on the side of litigiousness. But in most cases, the game producer has settled on cease-and-desist orders or DMCA claims to protect its IP.

This week saw the company grow bolder with its legal action, as Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit (PDF) on Thursday seeking millions in damages over classic games' files being served via websites.

The Arizona suit, as reported by TorrentFreak, alleges "brazen and mass-scale infringement of Nintendo's intellectual property rights" by the sites LoveROMs and LoveRetro. These sites combine ROM downloads and in-browser emulators to deliver one-stop gaming access, and the lawsuit includes screenshots and interface explanations to demonstrate exactly how the sites' users can gain access to "thousands of [Nintendo] video games, related copyrighted works, and images."

Also at Tom's Hardware.

Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "Nintendo to ROM sites: Forget cease-and-desist, now we're suing" - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/07/nintendo-to-rom-sites-forget-cease-and-desist-now-were-suing/
3. "fan-made edits" - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/12/nintendo-sends-cease-and-desist-notice-to-pokemon-rom-hacker/
4. "cease-and-desist" - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/fan-made-metroid-2-remake-celebrates-series-30th-year-before-nintendo-does/
5. "DMCA claims" - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/09/nintendos-dmca-backed-quest-against-online-fangames/
6. "PDF" - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4615448-Nintendo-Loveroms.html
7. "as reported by TorrentFreak" - https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-sues-console-rom-sites-for-mass-copyright-infringement-180720/
8. "Tom's Hardware" - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nintendo-emulator-rom-lawsuit-loveretro-loveroms,37489.html
9. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=28032

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