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Anyone have more detail about the case against Bowser? Was it purely a DMCA copyright circumvention case? Did he sell pirated material? On the face of it the da
by ohthehugemanate 4y ago
Anyone have more detail about the case against Bowser? Was it purely a DMCA copyright circumvention case? Did he sell pirated material? On the face of it the damages awarded is ridiculous for a private middle class individual. Reminds me of the old RIAA downloading lawsuits, where they requested outrageous damages in an effort to scare defendants and hopefully set precedent.
- xh-dude 4y agoTwitter says he distributed pirate ROMs that would brick Switches unless he was paid a monthly ransom.
- drewcoo 4y agoI didn't see mention of bricking here. It sounded more like everyone (Nintendo & DoJ) was upset about piracy. https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/2/21499297/team-xecuter-selling-nintendo-hacks-arrested-charged-fraud https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/2/21499297/team-xecuter-sel...
- ohthehugemanate 4y agoWell that definitely makes him an asshole, but not a prison-and-then-life-of-crushing-debt asshole. Is copyright law really this fucked, that someone was extradited and made an example for selling a ransomware chip?
- pfych 4y agoI can only find one source on this that isn't extremely recent[1]. It seems like it would only brick the device if you pirated and used an illegitimate copy of the custom firmware. [1]: https://wololo.net/2018/06/25/nintendo-switch-team-xecuters-sx-os-has-functionality-to-brick-your-console/ https://wololo.net/2018/06/25/nintendo-switch-team-xecuters-...