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The man who owes Nintendo $14m: Gary Bowser and gaming’s most infamous piracy case
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2024
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Here's a fantastic video from an actual lawyer who talks about this case.
He implies that Bowser isn't necessarily innocent, but he is probably the fall guy for a much larger operation.
https://youtu.be/j9_1Wl9pjLU?si=tk-6KAjg0FtbJABf
Except, of course, that he is innocent in the sense that what he did shouldn't have been a crime to begin with.
What he did was nothing more than facilitate console owners' property right to modify their devices.
But the founding fathers put the DMCA in the constitution for a reason!
/s
I never stated my opinion on the matter. Just restating what a lawyer is saying about the ruling and why it went the way it did.
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