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P2P pirate has to pay Nintendo $1.5 million |
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Written by Nick Farrell
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 11:37 |
For uploading one game
An Aussie bloke has agreed to pay Nintendo $1.5 million
in damages after illegally copying and uploading one of its new games to
the internet ahead of its release.
James Burt, 24, of Sinnamon Park in Queensland will pay
Nintendo $1.5 million after an out-of-court settlement was struck to
compensate the company for the loss of sales revenue. Burt made New Super Mario Bros for the Wii gaming console
available for illegal download a week ahead of its official Australian
release in November last year.
Burt will have to pay Nintendo's
legal bill of $100,000. Quite where Burt will get $1.5 million from is not
clear. His leaking of the game meant that it was seen in Australia before
anywhere else. This is unusual as Australia usually has to wait months
for games and hardware.
Nintendo claimed that the early release spoilt it for the
rest of the country which was why the bill was so high.
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