Streamer Who Mocked Nintendo Ordered to Pay Damages in Piracy Case

Nintendo has secured another legal victory, winning a judgment against a streamer who repeatedly broadcast unreleased and pirated Switch games while openly mocking the company.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership | Nintendo

The case centered on Jesse Keighin, better known online as EveryGameGuru. According to court filings, Keighin streamed at least 10 unreleased Nintendo titles more than 50 times across platforms, including YouTube, Twitch, Discord, and TikTok. Among the games featured were Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Super Mario Party Jamboree, and Super Mario RPG.

Even after numerous DMCA takedowns and bans, he reportedly kept coming back by using emulators and burner accounts. The lawsuit described him as a "recidivist pirate" due to his repeated violations. Nintendo also accused him of sharing links to pirated titles, effectively encouraging copyright infringement among his audience.

What made the case stand out wasn’t just the piracy, it was the taunting. As reported by TorrentFreak, Keighin sent Nintendo a letter boasting that he had “a thousand burner channels” and could “do this all day.” On Facebook, he went further, writing: “You might run a corporation. I run the streets.”

Nintendo filed suit in Colorado federal court in November 2024, accusing him of copyright infringement and distribution of circumvention tools.

Keighin never formally responded to the lawsuit. Instead, he reportedly destroyed evidence and dodged attempts at being served. Eventually, the court allowed Nintendo to serve him via email and through family addresses.

When Keighin didn’t show up, Nintendo filed for a default judgment. They demanded $17,500 in damages and a wide-ranging injunction to stop future infringement, including restrictions on emulator use. Additionally, they requested the injunction cover third parties associated with him and called for the destruction of all infringing hardware and software.

In October, Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak recommended granting the damages but rejected Nintendo’s broader requests for “destroying all circumvention devices,” calling them “unclear” and “unreasonable,” since the tools in question are widely available software. The request to extend the injunction to "third parties" was also denied because Nintendo failed to identify any specific third parties involved with the defendant.

This week, U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher adopted that recommendation in full, finalizing the $17,500 award and a narrower injunction.