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refmon
04/19/23 4:39:30 PM
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https://www.pcgamer.com/bowser-released-from-federal-prison-but-has-to-pay-nintendo-for-the-rest-of-his-working-life/

Nintendo said he cost them 14.5 million$. He currently pays 25$ monthly from his prison wages. After his release he has to pay Nintendo 25-30% of his income. How is this legal lmao.


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TaylorHeinicke
04/19/23 4:40:39 PM
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Fair next, don't break the law.

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Turbam
04/19/23 4:40:47 PM
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Peach finally stopped fucking around

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Dakimakura
04/19/23 4:42:11 PM
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Nintendo don't mess around

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Crimsoness
04/19/23 4:42:15 PM
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So long Gary Bowser!

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Fable
04/19/23 4:42:24 PM
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Cant do the time dont do the crime

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A_Good_Boy
04/19/23 4:42:55 PM
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Should have formed an llc.

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Seaman_Prime
04/19/23 4:44:16 PM
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Guy really had to be named Bowser. Next well hear about a Doctor Eggman taking the Sonic team hostage.
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Jupiter
04/19/23 4:45:30 PM
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Is this the guy that was selling ROMs on his hosted site or something like that?

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Ricemills
04/19/23 4:54:28 PM
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Lol thought it's the other bowser who's currently the president of Nintendo USA.

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SSJKirby
04/19/23 4:55:21 PM
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Ran a site that sold roms

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Prestoff
04/19/23 4:57:04 PM
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I think I remember this story. Didn't he sell roms on a site or something?

It just kinda sucks that Nintendo is so damn slow regarding them releasing old classic games. I also hate how it's tied to a subscription service.

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Nemu
04/19/23 4:57:14 PM
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Can that debt be erased through bankruptcy, or is that one of the kinds that sticks with you no matter what?
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Returning_CEmen
04/19/23 5:24:46 PM
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A Canadian was sentenced by the U.S. for his crimes against a Japanese company

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Jerry_Hellyeah
04/21/23 12:24:34 PM
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His lawyers are doing some major PR work to get people thinking a multi-decade cyber criminal is getting a raw deal when hes not in prison.

I hope he has to sell his legs.

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TheSavageDragon
04/21/23 12:34:38 PM
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According to what I read, he's nearing the end of his 40 month sentence.
Nintendo wants him to get a life sentence.
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Philip027
04/21/23 1:15:51 PM
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While Nintendo has the right to go hard on this guy and it was certainly done with the intent of sending a message (there's no way Nintendo realistically expects to actually get $14.5m from this guy over the course of the remainder of his life, considering most people don't make anywhere near that much in their entire lifetimes even counting 100% of their income), I feel like going this hard on him is not going to send the message that Nintendo is hoping for.

I fear it's going to embolden the hacker-resellers rather than intimidate them, and to everyone else it's running the risk of making Nintendo seem, well, a little douchey. But then again, Nintendo already had that kind of reputation with regard to cracking down on any perceived affronts to their IPs, I guess.
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Solid_Sonic
04/21/23 1:16:32 PM
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Why would they arrest their own president?

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Jerry_Hellyeah
04/21/23 2:17:10 PM
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He was charged in accordance with copyright law. $150k for copyright violation and $2,500 per device. That definitely doesnt need to be less. I dont support leniency for people who fuck themselves and are left prospectless after a life of crime catches up to them.

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yusiko
04/21/23 2:19:54 PM
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if he hadnt been selling the roms for profit he probably wouldnt have gotten such a harsh sentence as i have never heard of an emulation site guy getting such a harsh sentence and they all post them for free

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Smiffwilm
04/21/23 2:23:49 PM
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Seaman_Prime posted...
Guy really had to be named Bowser. Next well hear about a Doctor Eggman taking the Sonic team hostage.
Not quite the same, but Yuji Naka was caught commiting insider trading of some sort lol.

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Jerry_Hellyeah
04/21/23 2:26:01 PM
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yusiko posted...
if he hadnt been selling the roms for profit he probably wouldnt have gotten such a harsh sentence as i have never heard of an emulation site guy getting such a harsh sentence and they all post them for free

Theres an assumption I keep seeing online that this dude was a boon to the community and did all of this for free and to spread the love of Nintendo classics.

Hes a multi-decade criminal, and his $175 in restitution over a 3 year jail stay should let you know you're dealing with a stupid fuck.

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Poorly
04/21/23 2:26:24 PM
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Solid_Sonic posted...
Why would they arrest their own president?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/2/4/AAfRsCAAEZ6k.jpg

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archedsoul
04/21/23 2:27:01 PM
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Fuck Nintendo.

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Jerry_Hellyeah
04/21/23 2:30:23 PM
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archedsoul posted...
Fuck Nintendo.

Dude would still be ripping them off for the rest of his completely criminal life. Sucks to suck, get a fuckin job.

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Solid_Seb
04/21/23 2:36:50 PM
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Yea I'm anti-corporate but you'd have to be an idiot to pick a fight like that.

If he was releasing for free like a normal rom site it probably would have ended with a C&D
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archedsoul
04/21/23 2:43:43 PM
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Jerry_Hellyeah posted...
Dude would still be ripping them off for the rest of his completely criminal life. Sucks to suck, get a fuckin job.
Oh no, I'm supposed to feel bad for a company that thinks it's beneath them to lower prices on their games.

Also, he was involved in selling modchips. Not roms. All modchips do is basically root your device. If people want to pirate, that's on them. To figure a $14 million loss on that is complete BS.

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GiftedACIII
04/21/23 2:47:53 PM
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Now that I think of it, that could be how Bowser keeps getting let off the hook rather than imprisoned by Mario/Peach every time he's defeated.
All those coins that Mario collects throughout his journeys (including in the RPGs where all enemies drop coins) are actually all Bowser's and so Mario/Mushroom Kingdom gets compensated with all that coin and Bowser gets to go free.

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voldothegr8
04/21/23 2:51:01 PM
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Xecuter

Team Xecuter is a hacker group known for making mod chips and jailbreaking game consoles. Among console hackers, who primarily consist of hobbyists testing boundaries and believe in the open-source model, Team Xecuter was controversial for selling hacking tools for profit.[1] Console systems targeted by the group include the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS, NES Classic Edition, Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox and the Microsoft Xbox 360.[2]
In September 2020, Canadian national Gary "GaryOPA" Bowser and French national Max "MAXiMiLiEN" Louarn were arrested for designing and selling "circumvention devices", specifically products to circumvent Nintendo Switch copy protection, and were named, along with Chinese citizen Yuanning Chen, in a federal indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, WA on August 20, 2020.[3] Each of the three men named in the indictment faced 11 felony counts, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to circumvent technological measures and to traffic in circumvention devices, trafficking in circumvention devices, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.[4] Bowser handled public relations for the group, which has been in operation since "at least" 2013.[1][5] By October 2021, Bowser pled guilty to conspiracy to circumvent technological measures and trafficking in circumvention devices, agreeing to pay a $4.5 million penalty and to continue to work with authorities in their continued investigation of Team Xecuter in exchange for dropping the other nine charges against him.[6] In December, he was ordered to pay another $10 million to Nintendo.[7] On February 10, 2022, Bowser was sentenced to 40 months in prison.[8]
Nintendo separately filed a civil lawsuit against Bowser in April 2021 related to three counts of copyright infringement, seeking damages of $2500 per trafficked device, and $150,000 for each copyright violation.[9][10]
Nintendo has also successfully prevailed in other lawsuits involving resellers of Team Xecuter devices.[11]


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yusiko
04/21/23 2:53:41 PM
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Solid_Seb posted...
Yea I'm anti-corporate but you'd have to be an idiot to pick a fight like that.

If he was releasing for free like a normal rom site it probably would have ended with a C&D


i actually know of a small website that had roms on it
that small website actually got a C&D letter from square enix ordering to take down the SE roms it had
but the thing is the site wasnt told they had to take down all the SE roms. just the final fantasy and live a live roms

which is how i knew the live a live remake and pixel remasters were coming before they even existed
now just to be clear i didnt use the site to get roms as i have moral fiber and would never comment such a morally bankrupt act like use a rom to play a japan only game from 30 years ago!!

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Octans
04/21/23 2:54:39 PM
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archedsoul posted...
Fuck Nintendo.


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Jerry_Hellyeah
04/21/23 4:13:54 PM
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archedsoul posted...
Oh no, I'm supposed to feel bad for a company that thinks it's beneath them to lower prices on their games.

Oh shoot, Im sorry, but it looks like you quoted the wrong post. What a relief. For a second, I just thought you were saying something really really stupid.

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archedsoul
04/21/23 4:36:40 PM
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Jerry_Hellyeah posted...
Oh shoot, Im sorry, but it looks like you quoted the wrong post. What a relief. For a second, I just thought you were saying something really really stupid.
You probably thought this was a really clever response.

But it's not. Shill less for massive corporations next time.

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The-Apostle
04/21/23 4:55:54 PM
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I clicked the topic thinking it was an Onion piece about the Mario Bros. villain.

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