Jesse ‘EveryGameGuru’ Keighin has come under fire from Nintendo for regularly and persistently streaming unreleased Nintendo Switch games despite the tech titan’s demands that he stop. Per the reports, Keighin regularly dismissed takedown notices and cease-and-desist orders, circumventing legal action from Nintendo to sometimes stream games as early as three weeks before launch.
Nintendo has decreed that these actions are ‘promoting and encouraging the downloading of pirated copies of unpublished games’. They also allege that ‘EveryGameGuru’ has profited off this behaviour, prompting viewers to make cash donations to support his content-based pursuits.
It Doesn’t Pay
Nintendo doesn’t mess around when it comes to copyright infringement and leaks.
This lawsuit could prove to be crippling for Jesse ‘EveryGameGuru’ Keighin, who rose to fame after regularly streaming unreleased Nintendo Switch games. For instance, he was caught playing Mario & Luigi: Brothership almost three weeks before it was released, and he was seen streaming Echoes of Wisdom almost a week before it dropped.
Per the lawsuit, Nintendo has claimed:
All of these streams were unauthorized and all compromised Nintendo’s legitimate prerelease marketing. They also promote and encourage downloading of pirated copies of unpublished games.
After ‘dozens’ of takedown notices, Nintendo decided enough was enough and headed to the courts loaded for bear. It was revealed that the legendary gaming firm is seeking $150,000 in damages for each infringement, which could add up to as much as $7.5 million, per estimations.
The lawsuit (picked up first by 404 Media) has revealed that Keighin took a happy-go-lucky approach to Nintendo’s legal mission, often firing back at them via email and ‘rubbing their faces in it’. At one point, it’s claimed he said he had ‘one thousand burner channels’ and could keep up his streaming efforts day after day with ease.
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