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*Lots of ROM sites taken down by Nintendo. Funny thing is they allegedly downloaded and sold a rom back to customers[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-01-18-did-nintendo-download-a-mario-rom-and-sell-it-back-to-us]. In 2018, Nintendo vs LoveROMs - Verdict handed down, site owners ordered to pay $12m to Nintendo.[https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/9wofa3/nintendo_vs_loveroms_verdict_handed_down_site/] In the same year, EmuParadise has removed all ROMs from its website, effective immediately after the news of Nintendo filing a lawsuit against two similar sites, LoveROMs and LoveRETRO. The site is still available and you can visit it right now but without the benefit of being able to download many retro games, many of which came from Nintendo.[https://old.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/95o8sv/emuparadise_removes_all_roms_to_avoid_legal/] After emuparadise removed all the roms on their website in August, Romshepherd is closed. The site was already targeted by dns-blocking in August (at least from Italy) following a Nintendo legal initiative. Topcatroms, his brother torrent tracker faced the same destiny. Also 4chan removed the forum about emulators and Pleasuredome, a torrent tracker mainly focused on mame roms but also with console related content removed all the torrents with Nintendo stuff.[https://gbatemp.net/threads/romshepherd-is-gone-other-sites-followed.525986/] In 2019, Nintendo has won a lawsuit against a ROM-hosting website called RomUniverse.[https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/nq8smr/compiled_list_of_articles_about_romuniverse_and/] In Vimm's Lair has been asked to remove many games from The Vault on behalf of Nintendo, [[#Sega|Sega]], Lego, and the [[#Entertainment_Software_Association_.28ESA.29|ESA]]. While most of these games (and the hardware to play them) haven't been sold in decades, ultimately it's their prerogative so these games are now gone for good, so in May 15, 2024 Nintendo of America has requested for 717 games and their images to be removed from Vimm - The Vault[https://vimm.net/bbs/?p=viewPost&Post=33301].

*Lockpick_RCM repository and Kezplez-nx repositories taken down by Nintendo DMCA. [https://wololo.net/2023/05/10/switch-lockpick_rcm-and-fork-repositories-taken-down-by-dmca-request/][https://torrentfreak.com/nintendos-dmca-operation-continues-with-lockpick-kezplez-nx-takedowns-240508/]*Garry’s Mod is taking down (DMCA) decades of Nintendo-related add-ons[https://old.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1ccte1x/garry_newman_confirms_that_the_garrys_mod_dmca/][https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/25/24140246/garrys-mod-nintendo-copyright-takedowns-dmca].Nintendo issues multiple DMCAs on the modding site 'GameBanana'.[https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/06/nintendo-issues-multiple-dmcas-on-the-modding-site-gamebanana] Nintendo Takedown Wipes “Rhythm Heaven” Remix Tool & 250+ Forks Off GitHub.[https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-takedown-wipes-rhythm-heaven-remix-tool-and-250-forks-from-github-240619/]*According to two separate community posts on YouTube, it seems like Nintendo is looking to take down fan-arranged sheet music based on its franchises. The first is via the popular channel Sheet Music Boss.[https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxzfMMHws--XGh7g70WtLQbXavrq1ASEo7] The second is from purpleschala, a pianist who has amassed a following of nearly 30,000. In a similar post, she confirms that her sheet music hosted via MusicNotes has been taken down by Nintendo, including arrangements for Fire Emblem and Xenoblade Chronicles.[https://twitter.com/purpleschala/status/1801436457015369984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw][https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/06/random-welp-now-nintendos-going-after-sheet-music]