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  • Embattled retro gaming YouTuber Once Were Nerd left out key incriminating details in his initial video.
  • Earlier videos uploaded to the channel link to blog posts sharing ROM and BIOS downloads.
  • He may have also sold consoles, with ROMs, on the secondhand market via Facebook.

Creating emulation-focused content online is risky business, since the entire industry is filled with legal gray areas. Italian YouTuber Once Were Nerd found this out the hard way, with authorities seizing dozens of consoles and threatening jail time for sharing copyrighted content.

While his initial response video proclaimed innocence, new details have come to light that tell a different story. While the creater never explicitly shared ROMs, he may have played a little too fast and loose for his own good.