Switch Modder Ordered To Pay $2 Million
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Switch modder ordered to pay $2 million
Maybe he wanted a reason to file for chapter 7 bankruptcy? Idk if it would wipe everything out.
That isn't how it works.
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Afania said: » There are actually people who believed infringe copyright from big company is "justice" lol. Jetackuu said: » That isn't how it works. The title says he sells it, not just installing it. I highly doubt anyone would come after you if all you do is modifying your own console for your own use. Selling things to everyone else which potentially hurt other game company's profit at a larger scale is whole other business. Jetackuu said: » That isn't how it works. Maybe in places that don't have or enforce copyright law. My man is sitting in a shop full of modded consoles, running a website to market and resell them with the clear intent of piracy. If this case went to trial it would have looked like a Phoenix Wright speedrun.
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Not how it works. It’s legal to have backups of your software. He presumably was stupid enough to admit something that could be linked to piracy or his lack of representation meant the fact that it isn’t illegal was never brought up.
Quote: “The MIG Devices, Mod Chips, Hacked Consoles, and Circumvention Services allow members of the public to create, distribute, and play pirated Nintendo games on a massive scale,” the ruling states. Daley denied any wrongdoing. That was apparently in the ruling according to chanti's article. so that was the point Daley (his name seems to be spelled 2 different ways in the article) needed to argue, better than just "denying wrongdoing" I don't think the point is that he was pirating or modding his Switches, he was selling modded consoles, the hardware to mod them, providing instructions to do so, and offering modification as a service, then loading pirated games onto customers consoles.
This wasn't a personal use/backup situation according to other articles, he was involved in sales and ran a business around it: https://torrentfreak.com/modded-hardware-defendant-denies-nintendos-copyright-claims-in-court-241006/
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Quote: “Typically, when a customer purchases a Hacked Console or the Circumvention Services, Defendant preinstalls on the console a portfolio of ready-to-play pirated games, including some of Nintendo’s most popular titles such as its Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid games.” ballsy Did people not understand or are there really that many who would step up to be a defense attorney in this case? It shouldn't surprise me given the tolerance for violating in this community, but damn....
Seun said: » Did people not understand or are there really that many who would step up to be a defense attorney in this case? It shouldn't surprise me given the tolerance for violating in this community, but damn.... Lawyers work for money or pro bono. They do not "step up." I doubt that any would take this on as a charity case. I'm no lawyer, but I'd like to believe that someone who invested a lot of money in the schooling required to take and pass the bar wouldnt take up a pro-bono case thats an obvious L.
Afania said: » Valefor.Yandaime said: » Garuda.Chanti said: » Draylo said: » Nintendo is the greediest company I could point out any number of companies or industries that are greedier but that could be construed as political ESPECIALLY as the greediest grow exceedingly wealthy sucking money out of governments. Why do I feel like Amazon is in the top 5? Out of all the retailers that I've ever done business with, Amazon isn't anywhere close to top 50 greediest company. Amazon has a much nicer return and refund policy than most smaller retailers, and sometimes when their system has an error they gave me free stuff for compensations. Many small retailer are far more stingy on refund policy and customer services. (AND they also paid minimum wage + 6 days per week work). Nevermind the fact that Amazon tend to undercut product price far more than other retailers. Which benefits the customer. As for sucking money out of government, who doesn't like to do business with government? As long as the business delivered their value from government money it doesn't matter. I think people just has higher standard on very big companies like Amazon because they make more and get more attention. I can easily name 50 small retail businesses that's has way worse business practices and customer services than Amazon every single day. These are very valid points but on the other side of the coin they are Infamous (With a capital I) for screwing over labor rights and unionizing activities even when they are expressly protected by law in that country. Very wonderful to their customers, absolute ***to all of their workers seems like a greedy move to me but going down that particular rabbit hole will probably severely derail the thread. Gameshark (if anyone remembers them) already lost a similar case. They gonna use the same reasoning.
Essentially, if you have a sets of locks in a car you sold, you have the right sell the "unlocks" or keys to those locks, not somebody else. While the buyer might or might not be able to bust open the locks (probably not) the guy selling the lock busters ain't allow to sell them. The locks can be artificially created for the sole purpose of pissing people off. Of course, exceptions for multi-tool lock busters like a memory reader. |
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