Through the lawsuit, which also lists a count of unfair competition, Nintendo hopes to shut both sites down. The company requests statutory damages of $150,000 per infringing Nintendo game and up to $2,000,000 for each trademark infringement.

This means that, with more than 140 copyrighted titles and 40 trademarks on the record, theoretical damages could go up to a staggering $100 million.

Nintendo further requests a permanent injunction ordering the sites to stop their infringing activities while handing over domain names to the game publisher. At the same time, Nintendo wants the operator of the sites to reveal the sources for the infringing ROMs.

Nintendo Sues Console ROM Websites For Mass Copyright Infringement

Emulators are useful instruments for individuals who wish to play video games on platforms apart from the standard console theyre meant for.

These are notably helpful for retro video games and consoles, that are now not bought, permitting customers to benefit from the video games they had been hooked on a long time in the past.

However, many recreation publishers are much less content material…