After winning a $2.1 million (approximately R$10.6 million) lawsuit against the owner of the pirate ROM site Rome Universe Last month, Nintendo sought a permanent injunction from the Federal Court of California. This will prevent portal owner Matthew Stormon from resuming activities in the future.
Nintendo fears that Rome Universe get back to work
In the verdict, the judge responsible for the case ordered Stormam to pay million-dollar compensation and remove all material. Rome Universe. However, the court denied Nintendo’s request to enforce a “permanent injunction” – or permanent injunction, in free translation.
An injunction is a court order under US law that obliges or prohibits the defendant to perform certain activities, such as creating new websites with copyrighted material, for example. Thus, Storman will be prevented from resuming the activities of Rome Universe, even by using any other name in the portal
In the process, Nintendo revealed that Starman had already broken other court orders and, therefore, would need to be stopped. before serving a penalty of US$2.1 million in damages, the owner of Rome Universe A monthly fine of US$50 (R$253) was required to be paid. However, this money never surfaced.
threatening to continue with the defendant’s operations Rome Universe An injunction is required to distribute game ROMs, along with the same website that has been widely used to infringe Nintendo’s copyrights and trademarks in recent years. Failure to pay the $50 monthly fine, which they proposed and agreed to, shows that Nintendo has no adequate legal remedy for defendants’ past or future violations and underscores the need for a permanent injunction.
Nintendo, in a statement to the Federal Court of California.
Strowman contests $2.1 million indemnity
Meanwhile, the founder of Rome Universe He challenged the decision, saying the court made a mistake in awarding him $2.1 million in damages. Storman claimed that Nintendo suffered no real damages and even questioned whether the company had copyrighted the games before filing a lawsuit.
The judge is yet to decide which of the two sides is right. till now, Rome Universe remains disabled.
with information: torrentfreak.
Nintendo asks for judicial protection so ROM site won’t come back
