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===History against hardware modification=== | ===History against hardware modification=== | ||
<blockquote>Further Reading: [[Game Genie lawsuit]]</blockquote>Nintendo in the past has sued the creation of hardware modifications, such as the Game Genie<ref>[http://www.museumofintellectualproperty.org/features/game_genie.html "Museum of IP - Galoob v. Nintendo (the "Game Genie" case)"] - museumofintellectualproperty.org - 31 Dec 2007</ref> and 10NES circumvention<ref>[https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/summaries/atari-nintendo-fedcir1992.pdf "Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of Am. Inc"] PDF - copyright.gov - 1992</ref> which allowed users to enter cheat codes into their games and bypass the security lockout chip to prevent piracy.<!-- Definitely want further elaboration here (Keith: yes and no - this, or maybe a little more, is an appropriate level of detail for the summaries of controversies that live on a company page. The Incident pages which should be created for each of these should have substantially more information) --><!-- Dunno if it is ideal to mention here, but they hold some irony having emulators in their community building in Japan that run in Windows. There is no confirmation that these systems are running internally-developed emulators or not. - (note from Keith: probably best not to - seems quite muddy to bring up... --> | <blockquote>Further Reading: [[Game Genie lawsuit]]</blockquote>Nintendo in the past has sued the creation of hardware modifications, such as the Game Genie<ref>[http://www.museumofintellectualproperty.org/features/game_genie.html "Museum of IP - Galoob v. Nintendo (the "Game Genie" case)"] - museumofintellectualproperty.org - 31 Dec 2007</ref> and 10NES circumvention<ref>[https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/summaries/atari-nintendo-fedcir1992.pdf "Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of Am. Inc"] PDF - copyright.gov - 1992</ref> which allowed users to enter cheat codes into their games and bypass the security lockout chip to prevent piracy. | ||
On November 18th, 2020, Nintendo of America sued Le Hoang Minh for selling RCM Loaders (plug in USB devices allowing unsigned/homebrew software to run on a Nintendo Switch), accusing him of selling pirate devices.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Nicole |date=18 Nov 2020 |title=Nintendo sues more hack sellers, ‘a worsening international problem’ |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/11/18/21574488/nintendo-rcm-loader-jailbreak-lawsuit-switch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126071118/https://www.polygon.com/2020/11/18/21574488/nintendo-rcm-loader-jailbreak-lawsuit-switch |archive-date=26 Nov 2020 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=Polygon}}</ref> | |||
On April 16th, 2021, Nintendo of America sued Gary Bowser, head of video game modchip development and sales group Team Xecuter for over $150,000, accusing him of selling piracy devices.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Nicole |date=17 Apr 2021 |title=Nintendo suing Bowser over Switch hacks |url=https://www.polygon.com/22388720/nintendo-bowser-lawsuit-team-xecuter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417151420/https://www.polygon.com/22388720/nintendo-bowser-lawsuit-team-xecuter |archive-date=17 Apr 2021 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=Polygon}}</ref> | |||
On June 28th, 2024, Nintendo sued modded game seller ModdedHardware for selling Nintendo Switch Flashcarts, modded Nintendo Switch consoles, and a mail-in console modding service with the argument raised being that a modded system is capable of running pirated software alongside allegations of ModdedHardware pre-installing pirated games, despite citing no evidence in the legal document.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Van der Sar |first=Ernesto |date=1 Jul 2024 |title=Nintendo Sues ‘Modded Hardware’ and r/SwitchPirates Moderator ‘Archbox’ |url=https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-sues-modded-hardware-and-r-switchpirates-moderator-archbox-240701/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710091021/https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-sues-modded-hardware-and-r-switchpirates-moderator-archbox-240701/ |archive-date=10 Jul 2024 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=TorrentFreak}}</ref><!-- Definitely want further elaboration here (Keith: yes and no - this, or maybe a little more, is an appropriate level of detail for the summaries of controversies that live on a company page. The Incident pages which should be created for each of these should have substantially more information) --><!-- Dunno if it is ideal to mention here, but they hold some irony having emulators in their community building in Japan that run in Windows. There is no confirmation that these systems are running internally-developed emulators or not. - (note from Keith: probably best not to - seems quite muddy to bring up... --> | |||
===De-listing/destruction of access to games=== | ===De-listing/destruction of access to games=== | ||
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===Nintendo's lawsuit against Pocket Pair (Palworld)=== | ===Nintendo's lawsuit against Pocket Pair (Palworld)=== | ||
Nintendo is suing Pocket Pair, the developers of extremely popular video game Palworld,<ref>[https://x.com/Palworld_EN/status/1836692701355688146 Palworld's Tweet on X] - September 18, 2024</ref> for patent infringement, despite filing the patent after Palworld was already released to the public.<ref>[https://patents.justia.com/patent/20240278129 US Patent Application for STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD Patent Application (Application #20240278129)] - patents.justia.com - May 2, 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ZZx4wiofw "Palworld Lawsuit" by Pirate Software on youtube.com] - October 17, 2024</ref> | Nintendo is suing Pocket Pair, the developers of extremely popular video game Palworld,<ref>[https://x.com/Palworld_EN/status/1836692701355688146 Palworld's Tweet on X] - September 18, 2024</ref> for patent infringement, despite filing the patent after Palworld was already released to the public.<ref>[https://patents.justia.com/patent/20240278129 US Patent Application for STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD Patent Application (Application #20240278129)] - patents.justia.com - May 2, 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ZZx4wiofw "Palworld Lawsuit" by Pirate Software on youtube.com] - October 17, 2024</ref><ref>[https://gamerant.com/nintendo-anti-palworld-patents-uspto-infringement-lawsuit-implications/ Nintendo Anti-Palworld Patent and Seeks More] - Update Febuary 12, 2025</ref> | ||
=== Nintendo Creators Program === | |||
In 2013, Nintendo placing advertisements on let's play videos where their games were played, taking 100% of all revenue made by said adverts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plunkett |first=Luke |date=15 May 2013 |title=Nintendo Forcing Ads On Some YouTube "Let's Play" Videos |url=https://kotaku.com/nintendo-forcing-ads-on-some-youtube-lets-play-video-507092383 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607222601/https://kotaku.com/nintendo-forcing-ads-on-some-youtube-lets-play-video-507092383 |archive-date=7 Jun 2013 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=Kotaku}}</ref> In 2015, Nintendo started a YouTube partnership program, which required the removal of all non-Nintendo related videos on the channel, creators being given 60% of revenue per video or 70% of the channels gross revenue. and only allowed games on a internal Nintendo made whitelist which infamously lacked multiple large/popular releases of the time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orland |first=Kyle |date=29 Jan 2015 |title=Nintendo to share up to 70 percent of ad revenue with game YouTubers |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/01/nintendo-to-share-up-to-70-percent-of-ad-revenue-with-game-youtubers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208085014/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/01/nintendo-to-share-up-to-70-percent-of-ad-revenue-with-game-youtubers/ |archive-date=8 Feb 2015 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=ArsTechnica}}</ref> In 2017, Nintendo announced that live streaming wasn't allowed for creators in their Creator Program.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orland |first=Kyle |date=2 Oct 2017 |title=Nintendo no longer welcoming YouTube livestreams of its games |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/10/nintendo-cuts-off-ad-program-for-youtube-livestreamers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004040443/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/10/nintendo-cuts-off-ad-program-for-youtube-livestreamers/ |archive-date=4 Oct 2017 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=ArsTechnica}}</ref> It was ended in 2018<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orland |first=Kyle |date=29 Nov 2018 |title=Nintendo ends controversial YouTube revenue-sharing program |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/11/nintendo-loosens-content-restrictions-ends-revenue-splitting-for-video-makers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130073206/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/11/nintendo-loosens-content-restrictions-ends-revenue-splitting-for-video-makers/ |archive-date=30 Nov 2018 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=ArsTechnica}}</ref>, with Nintendo stating they “encourage you to create videos that include your creative input and commentary.” and that “Videos and images that contain mere copies of Nintendo Game Content without creative input or commentary are not permitted.”<ref>{{Cite web |first=Nintendo |date=2 Sept 2024 |title=Nintendo Game Content Guidelines for Online Video & Image Sharing Platforms |url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/networkservice_guideline/en/index.html?n |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322224418/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/networkservice_guideline/en/index.html?n |archive-date=22 Mar 2025 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=Nintendo.co.jp}}</ref> | |||
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