Nintendo of America Inc. v. Williams
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Judge Lauren King)
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Judge Lauren King)
- Docket
- 2:24-cv-00960-LK
- Parties
- Plaintiff: Nintendo of America Inc. Defendant: James C. Williams (reported by Aftermath to go by "Archbox" online)
- Claim type
- ip-scraping
- Filed
- 2024-06-28
- Outcome
- Default judgment entered September 23, 2026 (ECF 29, 30): $4,500,000 in statutory damages for copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 504(c)(2), plus a permanent injunction.
Summary
On September 23, 2026, Judge Lauren King granted Nintendo of America's motion for default judgment and a permanent injunction against James C. Williams (ECF 29), and the court entered judgment awarding $4,500,000 in statutory damages under 17 U.S.C. § 504(c)(2) (ECF 30), according to the docket. Aftermath reported that Nintendo filed the lawsuit on June 28, 2024, that Williams did not respond in court, and that the injunction requires him to disable the online "shops" he operates or controls that offered pirated Switch games. Aftermath wrote that Williams was reportedly a moderator of the /r/SwitchPirates subreddit and, according to Nintendo, the "operator, overseer, and driving force behind several Pirate Shops"; Techloy described him as a Reddit moderator accused of selling and distributing pirated Switch games.