• Streamer played multiple pirated games online before release;
  • Nintendo is seeking damages which could total millions;
  • Nintendo lawyers have attempted to serve him papers;
  • He has avoided being formally served multiple times now;
  • He has bragged online about evading action so far;
  • Now Nintendo want to serve via his family members;
  • Nintendo has a ton of evidence;
  • The court needs to decide how to proceed.
  • FunkYankkkees [they/them, pup/pup's]
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    4 hours ago

    I am not USAmerican, how does serving legal documents to a relative work?
    Is not the point of "serving" someone to prove that they have received the documents?

    • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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      4 hours ago

      i think part of the weirdness is that this is civil court, not criminal court. so it gets to be a bit looser in terms of process.