Couple Forced to Pay Nintendo $12 Million USD for Running ROM Sites

Arizona couple Jacob and Cristian Mathias have been ordered to pay Nintendo $12.23 million USD in damages for running LoveROMS.com and LoveRetro.co, which offer pirated gaming content. The Mathias couple ran the two sites until July when Nintendo threatened legal action. They both admitted to copyright and trademark infringement and pulled their sites offline, placing a notice notifying visitors they were undergoing maintenance. The staggering $12.23 million USD ruling has been speculated to hav...