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- Nintendo has won a major lawsuit against 1fishier, a filesharing site in Europe, for hosting pirated games.
- Failure to remove infringing material will result in heavy fines and compensation for rights holders.
- The court’s decision has sweeping implications for file hosting across Europe.
Nintendo’s anti-piracy efforts may have just hit a crescendo, with one of the highest courts in Europe handing down a decision with sweeping implications for the industry. After a multi-year legal battle, the French Supreme Court has ruled in Nintendo’s favor against filesharing site 1fishier.
This comes after several appeals from 1fishier’s parent company, Dstorage. Ultimately the judges sided with Nintendo, and now filesharing companies across Europe must comply with requests to remove pirated content or face serious fines and pay compensation to rights holders.