Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "NINTENDO'S PIRACY CRACKDOWN CONTINUES WITH LATEST LEGAL WIN AGAINST DSTORAGE SAS"

Episode Date: April 22, 2025

Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠Become A Patron Of The Notorious Mass Effect Podcast For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme! Join Our Patreon Here: ⁠https://ow.ly/oPsc50VBOuH⁠In this segment, Analytic Dreamz dives into Nintendo’s landmark legal victory against Dstorage, owner of 1fichier.com, as ruled by the French Supreme Court on February 26, 2025. Explore the case details, including Dstorage’s liability for hosting pirated games and the court’s rejection of their appeal. Learn about the €422,750 fine, €25,000 in legal fees, and the ruling’s impact on European sharehosting sites. Analytic Dreamz also examines Nintendo’s broader anti-piracy efforts, from targeting emulators like Yuzu to lawsuits against individuals. This segment highlights the ruling’s significance for the gaming industry and its potential to shape future anti-piracy measures.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Y'all are going to learn to stop playing with Nintendo and put some respect on Nintendo's name. And the great bird man, all tree of y'all. Got to put respect on Nintendo's name. Now what am I even talking about? Y'all probably don't even know, right? As far as Nintendo and their longstanding feud with people pirating their games, it goes back to all the way, where it goes all the way back to 1980s

when the NES was on the rise, right? So going back down memory lane, the implementation of the 10 ES lockout chip prevented unauthorized games and suing companies like Atari games for circumventing it. So all the way back in the 80s, Nintendo let you know that we will pull up

and we will spin the block on people pirating our games. Not only that, in the 90s, Nintendo targeted rental stores and bootleg cartridges, notably winning a $1.5 million judgment against a Canadian retailer in 1993. And of course, the Game Boy came about. Obviously, people are not going to pirate that, right?

Well, of course you're wrong, because it brought a plethora of lawsuits against counterfeiters in Asia. where in the 2000s, Nintendo tackled emulation and ROM sites such as internet piracy grew and shut down sites like LoveROMs in 2018 with a $12 million settlement. I mean, where's 21 Savage and Drake when you need them? Because Nintendo needed more M's. Y'all out here pirating their content and they are not having it, even to the point where they pursued hardware makers. Yes, ladies and gentlemen,

The R4 cartridge producers, they ended up losing their case against Nintendo in Japan and Europe. The 3DS and the Switch era is intensified. But Nintendo hacked back against Team Executor in 2020, leading to the arrest. They locking up people. They putting people behind bars because they want others to enjoy Nintendo games, right? Nintendo ain't playing that. So back in 2020, they locked up people from Executor and had the courts give them a $2 million penalty. Recently, of course, that's what this segment is about.

As the most recent event that we're going to cover in totality is about the French company D Storage S-A-S. Sad day in history as Nintendo won a legal battle against D-Storage, the operator of 1Fisher. a file sharing platform accused of hosting pirated copies of Nintendo games. Now, in all honesty, I'm not saying I'm a proponent for people pirating games because you could say that and get sued, right? So I'm not going to say that at all. I'm not going to say that I put the enjoyment of the consumers over actually getting the game officially, right?

I would never say that. I would never come out and say that I don't care how you get it. I just want you to have fun. But in the totality from a bird's eye view, Nintendo cares. And they want you to officially get their game. And if you can't get it because of wherever you're at. It's too bad, buddy, you're out of luck. That's what Nintendo is saying.

And these storage obviously was trying to be a man or a woman of the people, be a company of the people as the site offered a lot of accessibility options for people to play Nintendo games. You know, it may not have been illegal of, you know, it may not been on the up and up. Let's you put it like that. And the French Supreme Court got tired of it. And they basically said, guess what? You are liable for not removing unauthorized game copies. So because of that, we're going to give you a penalty, right?

And we're going to order you to pay 400. Hold on, what is this in USDA? I don't know what this is. Let me find out what this is in USDA. Is this? Okay, here we go. We're almost there. All right, so they were ordered to pay $456,000 approximately in compensation to Nintendo.

So not only did Nintendo have a history of getting more Ms from people pirating their games, but, you know, $400,000 is a lot. I'm not trying to say it's not, but for a conglomerate like Nintendo, hold on, what is Nintendo's network? Net worth. Reminder, this is the company that owns Mario, right? Nintendo net worth. Nintendo is worth $83 billion, ladies and gentlemen.

And they were going after this company for $422,000. I'm not saying that Nintendo Petty. All I'm saying is they could have let it slide just a little bit. Like little Timmy, maybe he couldn't afford the game. You know, maybe Little Timmy was in another region where this game was locked from, right? I think the way that Nintendo went at D storage is very interesting. That's all I'm going to say. Because of course

I'm not making sure I'm not making Nintendo. I just told y'all not to mess with Nintendo. I'm definitely not going to say that Nintendo is bugging by suing a company for $422,000 when they're worth $83 billion. I would never say that. I'm not saying that at all, right? I'm not saying they're being petty with this lawsuit. I'm not saying they could have let it slide because that's illegal, right?

I'm just saying that Nintendo indefinitely is going to pursue any and everybody who powers their games as when the French Supreme Court made the decision it was

very interesting for the landscape of the gaming industry because once again we were reminded that Nintendo anti-privacy efforts are very aggressive and they want their fetichini even if it doesn't even even make a difference in the overall net value.

Right. So back in November, 2024, Nintendo sought a U.S. District Court subpoena for records in his case against James Arcbox Williams over alleged piracy. Ryan Michael Daly, a modded hardware, right? Nintendo also pursued legal action against Dolly for selling modded consoles, pirated games, and mod ships. Zoo emulator lawsuit back in February 2024, Nintendo sued them because of them making a switch emulator to the point where they had a settle for $2.4 million and transferred its entire domain

to Nintendo of America. I don't know how many examples I got to showcase to y'all that Nintendo do not mess with pirators. Like any type of pirate, pirate of the Caribbean, pirating, they don't care. They want to let you know that if you're not buying our game officially, we're going to find you. And we will make you pay the damages financially. Sad day in history. So with all these examples, I just wanted to showcase time and time again how Nintendo is not to be messed with. They have the greatest lawyers in the world. They will find you if you're pirating their games. And they will make you pay back all that money you made them lose out on. So, At the end of day, I'm basically just saying this,

that if the next pirater out there is watching, I would advise you to not go against Nintendo. You know, because getting caught, helping Little Timmy have enjoyment in games should not be your main focus. Not getting caught is still illegal, and I would not advise it, but I would say not getting caught would be the best route, right?

If you're going to follow the footsteps of these pirators, But of course, as we've seen, getting caught is a pretty common trend. And Nintendo is not messing around with anybody who purchases their games illegally. And it's just basically strengthening Nintendo's case as far as their anti-piracy efforts. And when it comes to copyright enforcement rights of game publishers across Europe. Right. And the most egregious happenings of this, I think, was Yuzu. because not only did they say give me $2.4 million, but they also had to transfer the entire domain to Nintendo of America.

So at that point, not only do we own you, but now you still, you had to back pay some of that money. We missed that on. It was very, I think Yuzu is the most obvious example on how aggressive Nintendo can be when it comes to the content. So with that being said, you know, it's very. interesting case. I wanted to cover it because at the end of the day, it's yet another case that Nintendo has won. I don't even, let's see, has Nintendo ever lost a piracy case? Because that's what I want to know. I want to know, have they lost in the court? Because right now, they're looking like Floyd Mayweather in the courtroom. But as far as Nintendo and them in court, oh, okay, they did lose once. Okay, so a notable loss came in

2021 when Nintendo was defeated by the Federation of German Consumer Organization VZBV and the case over its e-shop pre-order refund policy. Okay, I mean, that's a little different. That's not piracy. Is that piracy or not piracy? I don't think it is because it's basically saying you can't pre-order from your own shop. As far as piracy specifically, oh, it's never lost. It's never lost. Oh man. Yeah, so if Nintendo comes after you for piracy, just wrap it up, buddy. It's just over.

Man, you just got to be like, hey, you got me. You got me. Just don't go down snitching. That's all I got to say. Don't go down snitching because what you're doing is illegal. And as a consumer, you know, I'm just going to say don't get caught or just follow the law, right? Because I can't advise for you to help little Timmy enjoy their games for free. All I can say is if you do get caught, which, you know, you should probably try not to get caught. get caught because it's illegal just know they're going to win the case it's it's it's is better than the fbi rate as far as them indicting criminals right they they are 100% when it comes to piracy specific cases and they're not going to lose so if they catch you just don't go down snitching

with that being said click my link to your my bio let me know one of my social media is what do you think about nintendo winning the legal battle against these storage with the courts having them pay Nintendo 422,000 in compensation and 25,000 in legal fees. I forgot to add that. And what is your biggest takeaway from Nintendo's dominance when it comes to piracy-specific legal battles?