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Nintendo secures $2M settlement against Switch modder
Also perma-banned from "reverse engineering" Nintendo systems or linking to related materials.
As part of the settlement, Daly admits to violating both copyright law and the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions by selling modchips and tools that bypassed Switch security systems, thereby enabling piracy and unauthorized game backups. In 2021, the company famously helped jail Team-Xecuter hacker Gary Bowser (yes, really), who was also ordered to pay Nintendo millions in restitution after distributing Switch modchips. While the MIG Dumper has been pitched online as a tool for backing up legitimately owned games, Nintendo’s complaint and the stipulated judgment frame the hardware as a piracy-enabling device.
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