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> However, Bowser now has to fulfil the other part of his sentence, in which he has been ordered to pay $14.5 million in damages, of which a $10 million payment
by jstarfish 3y ago
> However, Bowser now has to fulfil the other part of his sentence, in which he has been ordered to pay $14.5 million in damages, of which a $10 million payment to Nintendo is considered the priority.
> Bowser has paid $175 of the $14.5 million damages owed to date
After decades of kidnapping women and terrorizing the Mushroom Kingdom, Bowser finally faced justice for...circumventing DRM.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y agoBowser is an interesting case. He was clearly not an accidental victim of circumstance but his reparations are so far beyond what he did that it’s a good example of how corporations have the ability to crucify people way beyond what they should have the ability to do.
- nhinck2 3y agoIt very much seems like it should fall foul of cruel and unusual punishment protections. But I guess that the problem with wording it that way is that maybe bankrupting an individual for life isn't considered cruel and unusual anymore.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y agoIt is really sad. I’m sure the world isn’t coming out to support Gary Bowser because there are many others who are actual victimless criminals they make better examples of system injustice. But what happened to him sets a really nasty precedent. I hope that the system eventually comes back and makes a more sane determination
- Asraelite 3y agoI hadn't heard of Gary Bowser before now so I initially thought this was referring to Doug Bowser, the current CEO of Nintendo America. These two are the only people with the surname Bowser I have ever come across, and they're both related to Nintendo in some way. It's a hilarious coincidence.
- brucethemoose2 3y agoMakes you wonder if Nintendo will pursue Denuvo crackers now.
- deprecative 3y agoIdeally people just stop buying their shitty products and they go the way of Sega. Unfortunately quirky millennials need their nostalgia bits tickled.