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A US court has ordered Reddit moderator James 'Archbox' Williams to pay Nintendo £3.4 million after he ignored a lawsuit over pirated Switch games.
James “Archbox” Williams, a Reddit user and moderator, was fined $4.5 million after a federal court ruled he was liable for pirating Nintendo Switch games and aiding others in jailbreaking their consoles. Despite repeated cease-and-desist warnings, Williams continued to operate forums promoting piracy and distributed…
James C. Williams used the online handle 'archbox,' and allegedly helped distribute 'thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of unauthorized copies' of Nintendo games since 2019.