- Retro gaming YouTuber Once Were Nerd has been sued and raided by the Italian government.
- Consoles were seized and channels may be closed for promoting piracy of copyrighted material.
- Some of these devices ship with pre-loaded ROMs, which appears to be the source of the complaint.
While gaming content continues to grow and thrive on video platforms like Twitch and YouTube, copyright remains a sticky issue. Most companies look the other way when it comes to game streaming, but emulation is another matter. Nintendo and others have used copyright strikes to discourage creators from emulating their games, but now a new legal threat has taken things to a whole new level.
Italian YouTuber Once Were Nerd covers a variety of retro gaming topics, but his reviews of ANBERNIC devices appear to be the straw that broke the camel’s back. According to the video above, customs enforcement officers from the Guardia di Finanza showed up at his home and office on April 15 with a search warrant to investigate promotion of pirated copyrighted materials.