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ROM site owner made $30,000 a year—now owes Nintendo $2.1M

Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Nintendo’s reaction to the summary judgment. The now-unemployed owner of a shuttered ROM distribution site has been ordered to pay $2.1 million in damages to Nintendo after trying and failing to defend himself in the case. In September 2019, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles resident Matthew Storman over […]

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Plex adds game-streaming as paid add-on, completely botches the landing

Enlarge (credit: Plex) The streaming-hub app Plex has long endeared itself to a certain kind of media consumer—one who’d prefer to rip and stream their own purchased content from a home computer instead of relying on subscriptions. But while Plex has experimented with new features and media options over the past decade-plus, this week sees […]