Reason? He uploaded New Super Mario Bros. Wii onto the internet a week before release. They sued and now he has to pay $1.5 million. SNAP 
 

Finally, Nintendo has been able to make a little money from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a sequel to one of its old franchises, released this November. Nintendo of Australia announced that as the result of a federal court settlement, one Australian will be required to pay $1.5 million ($1.3 million USD) to Nintendo for loss of revenue due. This person was allegedly the first to upload New Super Mario Bros. Wii to the internet, doing so on November 6, one week before the game was released (an act that facilitated creative works in addition to piracy).

Not only is this bad news for this one guy, it should also serve as a warning to other would-be pirates. "Upon the game being uploaded to the Internet, Nintendo was able to employ the use of sophisticated technological forensics to identify the individual responsible for illegally copying the file and making it available for further distribution," Nintendo said in a press release. "On 23 November, 2009, Nintendo obtained a Federal Court search order in respect of the individual's residential premises. This led to the seizure of property from those premises in order to gain further evidence against the individual."

If you upload Nintendo games, the company will come to your house and take your stuff. Chilling.

Yeesh.
 
Really though, this doesn't change much.

Go Nintendo!

Nintendo had plenty already...winning 1.5 million is like them picking up a Nickel. Not even worthy of news.

" Yeesh.  Really though, this doesn't change much. "

" @TheHT said:

" Yeesh.  Really though, this doesn't change much. "

It may not affect Nintendo all that much, but one guy having to pay over a million bucks over one game is crazy. "

This kinda lawsuit might pass in Australia (that's right, the land that banned small breasts), but I highly doubt that Nintendo could demonstrate revenue lost due to the uploading of one of their games in the US or Canada since it's such a slippery, and in many cases, BS argument.

Which only makes every sane person demand a bunch of rewrites so laws actually cover this slippery slope in a proper fashion.

%$&! the RIAA!
 
 
Wait.

Wow, 1,5 mill, that guy is fucked for life.

Good for him.  You don't cross the law, bitch! (at least not doing something as bad as that)

" Nintendo had plenty already...winning 1.5 million is like them picking up a Nickel. Not even worthy of news. "

In other words:  
 
Don't fuck with Nintendo... 

" @pause422 said:

" Nintendo had plenty already...winning 1.5 million is like them picking up a Nickel. Not even worthy of news. "

Your looking at the glass half empty. From nintendos point of view, they just sent a pretty clear message to pirates. 1.5mil is not a lot to them, but that is a complete life fucker to the average guy. "

Nintendo just ruined a guys life because he did the inevitable first. It's not like they really needed the money, but it isn't like the guy was some great person either. 
 
 
I just think this situation could've used a little mercy.

Wow sucks to be that guy. If I were him I'd be faking my death right about now.

I want to see how many downloads all the pirates have done over this game on the popular sites from this Australian guy. And see if it adds up to $1.3 million. 
 
Its sad to see that some of the big companies revenue comes from lawsuits.