Nintendo orders Romuniverse to destroy pirated game files

The legal battle between Nintendo and Romuniverse is not new information. Two years ago, Nintendo started his battle against the ROM sharing website. The initial verdict has been returned: Romuniverse has been convicted of piracy, which led the owner of the site to be sentenced to pay $ 2.1 million (more than 2.6 million CAD) of damages.

For Nintendo's lawyers, it did not go far enough. While Romuniverse had been closed, Nintendo was not convinced that a restart would not cause irreparable financial harm to the company. After other judicial proceedings, the judge ran into Nintendo's side and the most recent prescription was returned: Romuniverse must destroy all the files of their hacked games.

The answers to this action have been mixed. The general consensus is negative, but this negativity is pointed in various directions. Some are unhappy with Nintendo, with the usual argument of you do not sell these games anyway, you are not damaged. Others see the result as deserved - after all, Nintendo is well in his right to protect his property.

But most are simply disconcerted, more upset by the existence of the order than by what it does. They ask: What does the destruction of Rom for Nintendo do specifically? If the goal is to prevent the occurrence of another romuniverse, this betrays a critical misunderstanding of the functioning of file sharing on the Internet.

On the other hand, it's certainly effective something else. A decision like this sends a very clear message about what happens when you are from the wrong side of Nintendo. To receive the order to destroy files may not have a lot of material benefits, but the act of such a thing - the very fact that such a request can exist - arouse a visceral response, which can be View in the responses to the actions of Nintendo. Interpret this act as a demonstration of domination is not unfounded, and the historical importance of such demonstrations proves their effectiveness.

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