Nintendo has won its copyright case against a Colorado streamer who repeatedly broadcast pirated Nintendo Switch games and mocked the company while doing it. A federal judge in Colorado entered a default judgment ordering the defendant, Jesse Keighin, known online as “EveryGameGuru,” to pay $17,500 in damages and to stop streaming, distributing, or facilitating access to illegal copies of Nintendo titles.
Court filings say Keighin streamed unreleased or leaked Nintendo games dozens of times since 2022, including recent titles such as Mario & Luigi: Brothership and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He also posted links to emulators, cryptographic keys, and tools that bypass copy protection, and he shared instructions with viewers on how to obtain pirated builds. In messages cited by Nintendo, Keighin bragged about having “a thousand burner channels,” declared “I can do this all day,” and taunted, “You might run a corporation. I run the streets.”
The damages award is modest compared with the legal exposure Nintendo outlined when it sued. The company initially argued that statutory damages could have reached into the seven figures if the court applied maximum penalties for multiple separate infringements and anti-circumvention violations. The judge instead granted a limited monetary award and an injunction aimed at stopping future infringement.
The order requires Keighin to cease streaming or sharing Nintendo games obtained through leaks or piracy, and to stop posting links or tools that enable viewers to bypass protection measures. The court did not grant every remedy Nintendo requested. The judge declined to force destruction of hardware and declined a proposed ban that would have also covered unnamed third parties, citing the record before the court.
Nintendo’s legal win follows a series of high-profile enforcement actions meant to deter Switch game leaks and unauthorized distribution. The company has targeted ROM sites, hardware sellers, and repeat streamers in recent years, arguing that day-one or pre-release piracy harms launch-window sales and undermines trust with legitimate customers. This case stands out because the defendant streamed while taunting the company, kept returning after takedowns, and claimed he could evade enforcement through backup channels.
