The individual responsible for leaking New Super Mario Bros Wii to the internet was handed a $AU1.5 million fine in an out-of-court settlement with Nintendo.

Nintendo Australia says they pursued the settlement to protect the creative rights and innovation of game developers and to combat the growing international problem of Internet piracy.

Nintendo says the hefty fine was handed down to "compensate Nintendo for the loss of sales revenue caused by the individual's actions."

The game was first leaked on 6 November, 2009, a week prior to its official release in Australia.

"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," a Nintendo press release says.

"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."

The individual slapped with the fine was a GBAtemp regular. We would like to remind all members it is generally not a good idea to post images of yourself with an early release, a receipt with your details and store name on it, and then brag about uploading the game. If you want to play a game, then buy it and do not share it.

Source
nintendo.com.au
gbatemp.net