This pirate went from making $30,000 a year to owing Nintendo $2.1 millionThe defendant may have to ask Wario for a loan at this point.
What you need to know
Matthew Storman used to run a ROM website, RomUniverse.com.
He was caught selling Nintendo Swtich ROM files for a profit, prompting Nintendo to sue.
After an attempt to represent himself in court, he lost the case and was ordered to pay $2.1 million in damages.
Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Matthew Storman, the previous owner of a now-discontinued video game ROM website named RomUniverse.com in September of 2019 (via Ars Technica). Storman's website did not simply offer these copyrighted game files for download, but asked that persons pay for faster and unlimited downloads. Prior to the lawsuit, Storman allegedly earned less than $36,000 US dollars per year.
Storman chose to represent himself in court against the video game juggernaut, who was not happy with the idea of Nintendo Switch being distributed despite them still being sold and distributed by Nintendo themselves. The defendant attemp...
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This pirate went from making $30,000 a year to owing Nintendo $2.1 million
