California justice ordered the RomUniverse download site in early August to destroy all Nintendo games made illegally available to the public before August 17.
The decision is the latest part of the legal battle between the Japanese giant and the currently inactive platform, recalls
TorrentFreak,
relayed by
Numerama
.
The Japanese company lodged a complaint in September 2019.
She then accused RomUniverse of facilitating copyright infringements by offering illegal downloads of Nintendo games.
The platform was ordered to pay $ 2.1 million (approximately 1.8 million euros) in damages in May 2021. Judge Consuelo Marshall, however, had not authorized the plaintiff's request, which demanded that the files of the available games are destroyed.
The magistrate had estimated that the immediate danger of piracy had been ruled out since the site had in the meantime closed.
A fear of "irremediable damage" for Nintendo
But Nintendo had asked justice to rule again on this case. "The evidence provided by the complainant shows the existence of a threat of new violations, based on the statements of the respondent according to which he could relaunch the website previously containing games with rights filed by the complainant," Consuelo ruled. Marshall after reviewing the case.
She explained that she feared "irremediable damage" for Nintendo.
Matthew Storman, at the head of RomUniverse, had however affirmed that in case of reopening, the site would no longer offer games from the Japanese giant.
In addition to the destruction of titles belonging to Nintendo, the platform was prohibited from using "confusing" logos and titles recorded by the Japanese company.
The manager of RomUniverse is not elsewhere not authorized to copy, distribute, sell or even disseminate illegal copies of Nintendo games, ruled the judge.
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