In a plot twist worthy of a blockbuster film, Nintendo just dropped a $17,500 legal bomb on a streamer who thought piracy was just a cheeky little side quest. Jesse Keighin, known in the streaming universe as EveryGameGuru, decided that flaunting his pirated gameplay was a good idea. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t.
So there he was, streaming unreleased games like he was a rebellious teenager with a hacked console, boasting about his ability to dodge Nintendo’s takedown requests with all the finesse of a cartoon character. He even had the audacity to fire back with emails claiming he had ‘a thousand burner channels’ and could ‘do this all day.’
But as any good story goes, karma came knocking, and Nintendo—with its lawyers as relentless as Mario chasing down a runaway Goomba—decided it was time for a showdown in the courtroom. The result? A $17K smackdown for our young pirate. Let this be a cautionary tale for all the would-be digital bandits out there: when you’re trying to outrun the law, you might just trip over a hefty fine!
The lesson here? Maybe invest in some actual games instead of looking for shortcuts. But hey, at least Jesse Keighin can now claim he’s got a story that’s literally going to cost him a fortune to tell.
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