Nintendo Prevails in Court Battle Against Game Piracy Site

Nintendo has won an appeal against filehosting website operator Dstorage, which was previously ordered to pay €935,500 after it refused to withdraw access to pirated Nintendo games hosted on its 1fichier service. The Paris Court of Appeals has now ordered Dstorage to pay Nintendo €442,750 in compensation, plus €25,000 to cover legal fees. The court's decision sends a clear message that filehosting services are responsible for blocking access to pirated content and may be liable to pay compensation to rights holders whose intellectual property rights have been infringed.