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They are literally saying make your own IP and here is money to do it in your own company that they just passively invest in with no relation to Nintendo as a p

They are literally saying make your own IP and here is money to do it in your own company that they just passively invest in with no relation to Nintendo as a parent company. They're saying grow the fuck up, and acknowledging that since that’s so hard for an entire generation they’ve inspired, they are trying to inspire these adult-children again with venture capital to create new things. That’s the opposite of hypocrisy. Pursuing their own property rights to keep their property valuable? Sell them some shares and they’ll make sure you have that expectation with your IP too.

hnlmorg 6y ago
How does going after Twitch streamers playing retro games fall into any of what you've said? Because Nintendo have targeted them. How does YouTube reviewers fall into that category? Because Nintendo have targeted them too. You don't realise just how far reaching Nintendo's lawyers are and thus just assume it's the usual case of "They're stealing from us!" (to quote Pirates of Silicon Valley).
- vmception 6y ago
  Ah okay, yes I’m aware they do that and they should call off the hounds. This isn’t the thread for that. It is very easy to compartmentalize these things, just like the other people making real money and wealth in this world do. This is a private equity firm from a securities trader. Nintendo was their tech play where they also got to premine all the shares. Its cute you and others have been inspired by that alpha generating bet. That was a complete thought.
  - hnlmorg 6y ago
    > This isn’t the thread for that. The discussion organically lead to my point (I don't just go around moaning about Nintendo for giggles in any old thread) and it's not as if HN doesn't already have a long and rich history of conversations going off topic. I also don't see why authority you have to tell me which topics are off topic on this discussion board. If you're not interested in a tangent then fold it and move on. It's what I do :)

hnlmorg 6y ago

How does going after Twitch streamers playing retro games fall into any of what you've said? Because Nintendo have targeted them. How does YouTube reviewers fall into that category? Because Nintendo have targeted them too. You don't realise just how far reaching Nintendo's lawyers are and thus just assume it's the usual case of "They're stealing from us!" (to quote Pirates of Silicon Valley).

vmception 6y ago
Ah okay, yes I’m aware they do that and they should call off the hounds. This isn’t the thread for that. It is very easy to compartmentalize these things, just like the other people making real money and wealth in this world do. This is a private equity firm from a securities trader. Nintendo was their tech play where they also got to premine all the shares. Its cute you and others have been inspired by that alpha generating bet. That was a complete thought.
- hnlmorg 6y ago
  > This isn’t the thread for that. The discussion organically lead to my point (I don't just go around moaning about Nintendo for giggles in any old thread) and it's not as if HN doesn't already have a long and rich history of conversations going off topic. I also don't see why authority you have to tell me which topics are off topic on this discussion board. If you're not interested in a tangent then fold it and move on. It's what I do :)