Nintendo files a lawsuit against LoveROMs And LoveRETRO

Nintendo continued its fight against online piracy and to protect the intellectual property rights of the company, this time by targeting their Super Scope on the sites LoveROMs and LoveRETRO.

The lawsuit that was filed with the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, makes the indisputable assertion that the Web sites "are built almost entirely on the Shameless and large-scale infringement of Nintendo's intellectual property rights. "

The sites, which are supposed to be owned by Jacob Mathias through his company Mathias Designs, are used by millions of people around the world to download video game ROMs for use with emulators.

Take a look at the homepage, and you'll see Pokémon Fire Red, Pokémon Emerald, Pokémon Black, Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country and Mario Kart 64 among the top games popular that users download.

"LoveROMs and LoveRETRO sites are among the most popular" The LoveROMs and LoveRETRO websites reproduce, distribute, publish and display a staggering number of unauthorized copies of Nintendo's video games, all open and well-known online sites. pirated video games, "writes the Nintendo of America, without permission from Nintendo, which includes thousands of games developed for almost every video game system Nintendo has ever produced."

In response, Nintendo is seeking "compensatory damages, including indirect and ancillary damages, of an amount to be proved at the trial". In addition, they are seeking statutory damages ranging up to $ 150,000 for the violation of each Nintendo-protected work and up to $ 2,000,000 for the infringement of each Nintendo brand.

Nintendo also requested that the domains www.LoveROMS.com, www.LoveRETRO.co and www.Roms4Droid.com be transferred to them, as well as other offsets are made – such as covering their legal fees.