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Nintendo Sues Emulator Gamer Who Streamed Pirated Games Before Release

Nintendo has filed a devastating lawsuit against a gamer who live-streamed pre-release games using an emulator. And that's only the beginning.

When Nintendo sued the people behind Switch emulator Yuzu in February, the company knew that establishing certain facts would send the clearest possible message to those considering similar conduct. According to Nintendo, Keighin streams gameplay on platforms including YouTube, Discord, Twitch, TikTok, Trovo, Kick, Vaughn, Dlive, Picarto, Nimo, Facebook, and Loco, under the alias EveryGameGuru. As Nintendo claims it established in the Yuzu case, circumvention of technical measures, including through the use of unauthorized cryptographic keys to decrypt otherwise encrypted Switch games, is a violation of copyright law.

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