{"id":126658,"date":"2024-11-16T22:08:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126658"},"modified":"2024-11-16T22:08:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:08:35","slug":"nintendo-cross-referenced-reddit-posts-and-hardware-repairs-to-locate-this-switch-pirate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126658","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo cross-referenced reddit posts and hardware repairs to locate this Switch pirate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nintendo reportedly hunted down an alleged Switch pirate by tracking their reddit posts.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, after putting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gary-bowser-gets-more-than-three-years-in-jail\">Switch pirate Gary Bowser behind bars<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/switch-emulator-yuzu-shuts-down-as-creator-agrees-to-pay-nintendo-24m\">targeting emulator software Yuzu<\/a>, Nintendo resumed its fight against the modded console business with new lawsuits, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-war-against-switch-piracy-ramps-up-with-two-fresh-cases\">including one against James &#8220;Archbox&#8221; Williams<\/a>, who was the main moderator behind r\/SwitchPirates.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/p\/how-nintendo-found-archbox-switch\">Game File<\/a>, it seems Williams was located after Nintendo commissioned a law firm to investigate &#8220;freeshops&#8221; or online repositories for pirated Switch games.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"sourcepoint-manage-cookies optanon-show-settings link\" onclick=\"'_sp_' in window &amp;&amp; window._sp_.gdpr.loadPrivacyManagerModal()\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption>Nintendo has announced new hardware, but it&#8217;s not Switch 2 &#8211; so what&#8217;s the point of Alarmo?<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GdNKD3U-4AY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By analysing Williams&#8217; past posts online &#8211; including one from reddit user &#8220;archbox&#8221; in 2015 that was very complementary about Midwestern University&#8217;s optometry clinic &#8211; the firm helped the Japanese company &#8220;succeed in linking Archbox with at least two Nintendo accounts for an individual named James Williams&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And because Williams seemingly used the same email address to get repairs for their Nintendo Switch, staff at Nintendo&#8217;s Product Lifecycle Management group was able to find his shipping address.<\/p>\n<p>Once it had acquired Williams&#8217; address, Nintendo sent a cease and desist, after which Williams initially agreed to &#8220;comply and cooperate&#8221; with Nintendo&#8217;s demands. However, Williams then went dark and failed to show up at court, defaulting judgement in favour of Nintendo.<\/p>\n<p>ICYMI, last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-sues-streamer-who-said-he-could-broadcast-its-pirated-games-all-day\">Nintendo filed a new lawsuit against a streamer who broadcast 10 pirated games ahead of their release<\/a>, including <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom\">The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom<\/a> and <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mario-and-luigi-brothership\">Mario &amp; Luigi: Brothership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When Nintendo moved to shutdown streamer Jesse Keighin&#8217;s streams via copyright notices on YouTube, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/twitch\">Twitch<\/a>, and other streaming platforms, he reportedly told them he &#8220;could do this all day&#8221; and had &#8220;a thousand burner accounts&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo further alleges that as well as broadcasting unreleased games, he also instructed others on how to obtain pirated games via &#8220;circumvention devices&#8221; Nintendo calls &#8220;trafficking&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"false\" data-hashid=\"\" data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    function appendFacebookPixels() {\n      if (window.facebookPixelsDone) return;\n      !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n      {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '560747571485047');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      window.facebookPixelsDone = true;\n      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('BrockmanFacebookPixelsEnabled'));\n    }\n    window.addEventListener('BrockmanTargetingCookiesAllowed', appendFacebookPixels);\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-cross-referenced-reddit-posts-and-hardware-repairs-to-locate-this-switch-pirate\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo reportedly hunted down an alleged Switch pirate by tracking their reddit posts. 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