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Man Fined $1.5 Million For Leaked Mario Game
An anonymous reader writes "A Queensland man will have to pay Nintendo $1.5 million in damages after illegally copying and uploading one of its recent games to the internet ahead of its release, the gaming giant says. Nintendo said the loss was caused when James Burt made New Super Mario Bros Wii available for illegal download a week ahead of its official Australian release in November of last year. Nintendo applied for and was granted a search order by the Federal Court, forcing Burt to disclose the whereabouts of all his computers, disks and electronic storage devices in November. He was also ordered to allow access, including passwords, to his social networking sites, email accounts and websites."
A kid has to declare bankruptcy over the companies lack of policies in managing their intellectual property.
Is that non-existent $1.5 million going to help Nintendo protect their property or just hurt their public image and a kid, you decide!
Well, I guess Nintendo throwing down $100k for publicity might be worth it, however it still grosses me out.
Satoru Iwata step off the kid, you got your publicity.
This is crazy. How is this guy supposed to come up with $1.5M? That's more money than he's likely to earn in his lifetime.
Here's a picture of "Rose Lappin" of Nintendo Australia who sued him and rubbed his nose in it: http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/RoseLappin1.jpg
I suggest he offer to do the deed with her for $1.5M. He's got nothing to lose, and it's better than declaring bankruptcy.
Well. Maybe...
meh, i'd pirate it if i could be bothered (would probably involve someone burning me a copy), after paper mario's suckfest i'm guessing i'd prolly throw it in for 5 hours max. pity away.
This is a joke. I am joking. Joke joke joke.
You are an idiot.
Crime has many definitions, and there isnt a single one where this man is not a criminal.
There is a legal definition of wrong, misdemeanor, tort, or felony. Under this basis, the perpetrator is a criminal.
There is also the moral definition of crime, an offense, serious wrongdoing, sin. Under this basis, the perpetrator is a criminal.
There is the dictionary defintion, an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals. Under this basis, the perpetrator is a criminal.
Finally, there is the "I didn't graduate from high school, but I tried to," mentally handicapped, how you explain it to a small child when you are a bad parent who hides the real world from their children definition, which simply states that crime is a foolish, senseless, or shameful act. Under this basis, the perpetrator is a criminal.
If you happen to have another definition of crime in which this man is not a criminal, you are trying to use a different word.
No. You are a fucking idiot.
You are exactly what is wrong with humanity today.
People are so obsessed with defining things in words, that they've lost any touch with logic and/or feelings. Or common sense.
People like to share. They always liked to share. When I shared VHS tapes 20 years ago, noone was calling me a criminal. Nowdays, if I share an audio CD with someone, I am supposed to feel like a fucking criminal?
It's convenient that everyone will talk about democracy, majority, voting rights. Yet, they talk about such things when it suits them, but go and ask people to vote if they think sharing CDs is a crime. You'll get majority of people saying "no". Then ask same people if they think stealing/killing/whatever is a crime. You'll get majority saying "yes".
Don't you see a problem here?
I bet that in 20 years, I won't be able to share my toolbox with my neighbour.
We're, basically, slaves. I am okay with that, since I can't think of any way to change the status-quo. But I am tired of people pretending that they have freedom - when they' don't.
We don't have the even most basic of freedoms, and that's the freedom to be left alone.
Oh, look at that rant, I feel so edgy today ;)
[and no, I don't care about this guy sharing some Wii game - I am just tired of all these anti-piracy-I-am-free-like-a-bird retards repeating same old nonsensical shit all day long...]
The first point I made was simply to establish your lack of credibility. You placed "loosing" in quotes, meaning that you purposefully chose the incorrect spelling, and thus the incorrect meaning. The meaning of nintendo is not changed by the lack of capitalization. The meaning of loose vs lose is of considerable importance.
It is clear that if I had only made my second point, you would have had no response (instead of acknowledging your error, which you have yet to do). Instead, you turn this into a grammar war, which was not my intent.
Reread my post and get the message, which is that nintendo is correct in asserting that they have lost sales due to criminal activity. Try to stay on topic next time (just because no one else does doesn't mean you can't).