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He was part of a team that created devices allowing people to play what they wanted on switch, 3DS and some other consoles. He was convicted of fraud and imprisoned for two years before being released. He still has to pay off a fine of 10 million dollars so Nintendo is garnishing his wages for the rest of his life. ~~Which pisses me off because he's on Disability in Canada which is barely enough to live on (trust me...) and also taxpayer funds.~~ Not to mention that there is no way in fucking hell that his part in all of this adds up to $10 million dollars in lost revenue for Nintendo which is exactly why that fine was applied.
Edit: Apparently disability can't be garnished. Was a slight fuck up on my end. I had misremembered something and misread something which led to that. Nonetheless, situation still massively fucked for applying a $10 million (well, 14.5 million but 10 million of that is for Nintendo) fine for a dude who made $320,000 off of the hacks. However if he did make any money outside of Disability, they would immediately be entitled to 30% of it. Fucking insane.
I get that they have to protect their IP, but $14m is insane. Feels like the judge threw the book, switch, 3DS and every other console they could find at him. Does he have no right of appeal against the sentence?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought sentencing was supposed to reflect the severity of the crime and make fair restitution? It sounds as if this sentence / restitution was massively inflated to create a deterrant, to benefit a private business. Huge fail from Nintendo imo that only makes me want to never buy one of their games or consoles again.
It was put through the American Legal system. There is absolutely zero reason to believe that the justice system of America actually contains any justice in the first place. Of course they sided with the international corporation to fuck over a disabled 50 year old.
The American legal system has always been there to protect the capitalist class.
Nuh uh, it's also there to punish minorities for existing
That's just a means to an end, convince a part of the working class they should fear the rest, let them fight it out, and continue capitalizing in peace.
It isn't.
I can't speak for all PoC but I can speak for me. It's been screamed for the ages. Maybe not all Dragons care about ideology, but it's the goddamn minority.
The rule is you (the straw billionaire in this scenario) or your Robber Baron grandpappy were able to rise that way by seeing some as subhuman, and others as rubes. They still discuss phrenology and blood poisoning for fuck's sake.
Stop assuming the bulk of The Capitalists don't absolutely abhor the concept of other races sharing their resources. They'd happily make an all-white caste system.
They keep screaming that's what they want.
whatever do you mean? are you suggesting that there are decades of evidence that the us justice system is a bad joke played on the minorities and/or disenfranchised, and then only functions to line/protect the pockets of the upper class and ultra-wealthy? preposterous!
I wish we had lemmy gold... Well this is as good as I got. Lemmy Silver.
I was hoping to see this here.
I like how this used to be a joke about being too cheap to pay for gold, but now that you can't buy it anyway it's as good as anything else.
Of course a silver figurine of Saint Lemmy exists because why not.
We need a silver can of beans to give people
I've read Vladimir Bukovsky (the Soviet dissident), and the way he describes Soviet courts I advise you to see.
Of course that was about political cases etc, but when you're complaining, remember that it can be worse.
"Stop complaining, pissant, it could be worse" - most abusive situations
The "it could be worse" Olympics is the game of the complacent. You may be complacent. Are you?
In some things yes and I'm fighting it, it's more about understanding well how your situation evaluates among possible ones.
That's fair. In that case, with that reasoning, it seems less like you're being pessimistic and more like you're trying to be realistic. I would caution though, reality isn't ALL negative, though the neutrality and negativity inside of it can always be improved. Heck, even most positives in reality can often be improved.
Personally, I think the Olympics game tends to start when focus becomes too great on one specific aspect, which leads to what is essentially a one upmanship of situational comparison, but that's all I really wanted to poke at.
Thanks for the even response! Sometimes me phrasing stuff like that starts fights even though I only want to poke a little bit. In any case, I hope your day goes well!
Same here.
Good day to you too.
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These look like punitive damages designed to dissuade others from repeating what he did.