Nintendo Wants Discord To Hand Over The Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Leaker
Just over a month ago, someone leaked the art book for the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Collector's Edition. The book didn't do much for story spoilers, but it did have sketches and renderings of characters, weapons, landscapes, and something called "Hateno Cheese," which led to fans joking about how Link will reforge the Triforce, only it’s made out of cheese wedges.
The original Reddit post has long since been taken down, but you can still find leaked materials on social media and Discord. In fact, Nintendo seems a little upset with Discord over the leak and has demanded the chat program hand over the personal details of the leaker.
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As reported by TorrentFreak (via VGC), Nintendo sent a subpoena to Discord on Friday, April 4 in California district court. Nintendo is seeking to compel Discord "to disclose the identity, including the name(s), address(es), telephone number(s), and e-mail addresses(es) of the user Julien#2743, who is responsible for posting infringing content that appeared at the following channel Discord channel Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom."
TorrekFreak also noted that Discord was sent a DMCA takedown request soon after the leak was sprung back in February. Discord said it removed the content "promptly," but sharing of files between individuals continued. When Nintendo also asked to take the entire channel down for this very reason, Discord only issued a warning and told Nintendo to file a trademark complaint. Seems like Discord is only willing to go as far as the law requires when it comes to shutting down leaks.
We don't know if Discord has handed over Julien's information or not, but we do know
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