Nintendo has found new targets in the fight against piracy, including members of a particular subreddit

Nintendo has found new targets in the fight against piracy, including members of a particular subreddit

Nintendo is about to take on some new targets in the fight against piracy, and according to a new report, not even members of select subreddits are safe from the Japanese company.

As Game File recently filed in federal court, the Japanese company revealed that its investigation into Switch modder James Williams, aka Archbox, has given it some new targets. During the investigation, Nintendo became aware of several other online actors who appeared to play a role in the Pirate Shops operation carried out by Archbox, and is now asking the court for the green light to subpoena business documents from the Internet domain company Name Cheap , Go Daddy and Tucows, Cloudflare, GitHub, Discord, Google and Reddit to identify anyone who helped the modder in his illegal activities.

In the case of Reddit, Nintendo directly mentions a particular subreddit called SwitchPirates, which was moderated by Archbox and currently has over 200,000 members. The Japanese company also has reason to believe that the modder had multiple accounts involved in the subreddit and that other prominent members were involved in the modder’s activities. Once these individuals are identified, Nintendo will use the information obtained to pursue infringement claims.

Nintendo has been fighting piracy for a very long time, but its activities have recently increased. This year, the Japanese company shut down the most popular Nintendo Switch emulators Yuzu and Ryujinx, possibly to prevent the Nintendo Switch 2 from being emulated shortly after its release.

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