Nintendo filed a lawsuit against a Californian, Sergio Mojarro Moreno. He is accused of selling pirated Nintendo games, modding devices and modding services. Referring to an existing judgment, a California court has one interim disposal enacted TorrentFreak reports,
Modding: sale of modified Nintendo switches – Nintendo is suing
The reverse engineering group “Team XecuterAnnounced a Nintendo Switch hack in January 2018. It also runs black-copied games on the console. Moreno used the modified Nintendo switches as a business model. He sold Nintendo Switch-Mod devices, SD cards with pirated copies of Nintendo titles and a modified NES Classic Edition, including 800 pirated copies. Nintendo took legal action against the Californian back in December 2018. An injunction was currently obtained.
Injunction prohibits business model
According to the injunction, the Californian will in future be prevented from bypassing Nintendo’s technical protective measures. He and all persons acting in concert with him are prohibited from selling, renting, offering or distributing unauthorized copies of Nintendo’s copyrighted works. As a result, he is no longer permitted to provide services to the public via the Internet that could infringe on the works of Nintendo. He is also required to destroy the existing modified devices and the pirated software.
The court did not impose any fine on the accused. Each party has to bear its own legal and procedural costs. Team Xecuter meanwhile has distanced himself from the Californian’s actions on Twitter:
SX OS is meant for your backups ((only.)) And while we aren’t your parents, we kindly ask you don’t try to use are products to sell people pirated games. This is very stupid as well as making us look bad. https://t.co/iScmL4tHzU
– Team Xecuter (@Team_Xecuter) January 2, 2020
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