A US District Judge has granted Nintendo a £3.4 million ($4.5m) default judgment against James Williams, the former Reddit moderator known online as “Archbox”, after he failed to respond to a lawsuit over alleged Nintendo Switch piracy.
After putting Switch pirate Gary Bowser behind bars and targeting emulator software Yuzu, back in 2024 Nintendo hunted down alleged Switch pirate James “Archbox” Williams, the main moderator behind r/SwitchPirates, by tracking his Reddit posts.
By this time last year, court papers revealed Nintendo was seeking $4.5m in damages from Williams, accusing him of having “facilitated a network of unauthorised ‘shops’…that have offered
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