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Fuck Gary Bowser and Team Xecuter in general, he doesn’t deserve the punishment he got but I feel no sympathy for him.
Read up on how they stole GPL’d code from other Switch hackers for their closed source SX OS, and then had the fucking nerve to charge for it.
Piracy is one thing, but what they did hurt the Switch hacking scene, for their own profit.
I don't know, if I put out GPL software, I wouldn't give a fuck if it got used to fuck over Nintendo without following all the GPL nonsense. They took the legal risk of going up against Nintendo, I sure as hell didn't take any risk writing code. Them profiting a bit isn't the end of the world. No one was going to make any money staying within legal limits anyway, nothing was "stolen".
Edit: Just to be clear, all I know about Bowser is based on the parent comment. Maybe he's a bigger POS than the example given but, from that, doesn't seem like a major villain.
If that's the case you probably wouldn't release GPL software, you'd find a more permissive license, perhaps apache?
SX OS has anti-piracy measures in place which literally brick your switch.
Isn't he basically screwed for the rest of his life though? Having to pay some of his wage to Nintendo
Most of his wage. 14.5 million docked from his paychecks for the rest of his life. There’s not much more info in how much will be docked from his pay, as in a percentage or flat cost
Edit: I read more into it. It’s 25-30% of his paycheck goes to Nintendo.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/04/bowser-free-from-prison-still-owes-nintendo-14-5m-for-switch-hacking/ See at the bottom
He will die owing Nintendo tens of millions of dollars. Fuck Nintendo
Honestly the fact the court allows that too...
So glad people got rid of slavery, right? US is disgusting with the corporation bootlicking.
that's not technically true, the 13th amendment only outlawed slavery if you haven't been convicted of a crime.
Edit: besides that technicality, I do agree.
Yeah, but my point was that this is just slavery for everyone, only with a different name.
I understood you correctly, but were you aware that American corporations including McDonald's, Target, Whole Foods, and Microsoft have been profiting heavily from US prison labor without the the legal requirement to compensate the laborers fairly, provide sick days, or provide decent working conditions? https://sites.law.berkeley.edu/sustainability-compliance/corporations-use-of-prison-labor/
Shit's fucked if/when you get convicted of a crime, whether your Gary or anyone else.
Edit: added context
Because Nintendo lawyers ran circles around the court
Some other guy said something about costing Nintendo 65 million. I don’t buy that claim. They were still profitable as a company during that time, so it’s just a show of force to scare other script kiddies from fucking with Nintendo. Fuck em, emulated breath of the wild is better than on console anyway
"Ran circles around the court" - a good court and legal system doesn't let that happen, it needs to be fixed.
Very true. It should happen but it does unfortunately
Regardless of your opinion of the guy, feel like financially fucking him into the ground for life shouldn't be a thing... Sure punishment is in order, but what he got is a financial life sentence - it doesn't feel right.
We bringing serfdom back, baby!
Debtors prison is the logical next step.
No. It doesn’t. I don’t think he should have been charged regardless, but that’s just me lol
Wouldn't filing private bankruptcy solve this within 3 or 5 years?
Pick your legal ass fucking: corporate or financial (bank)
Yeah. I wonder will it show up as Nintendo Tax on his payslip?
Being his last name is Bowser i thought i had to be a joke. This is wild.
And when the president of NOA's last name is Bowser, too, all sorts of fanciful scenarios are just coming to mind.
They named their most iconic antagonist after him?
The CEO of Nintendo of America is curiously also named Bowser. Seems they are going out of their way to find them.
No, they named him after the current president of Nintendo of America -- Doug Bowser.
This entire situation can be summed up as Bowser suing Bowser Jr. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
So long Gary bowser
Interesting story, and pretty sad at the end, the dude lost practically everything because of the fuckers at Nintendo. Heres his gofundme page if someone is interested in helping the guy out. https://www.gofundme.com/f/garyopa-restarting-his-life
I don't have too much sympathy for the guy. I mean if you're stupid enough to try and profit off of piracy that brazenly, that's what you get. If I know your real name you fucked up big time.
If 30% of his paycheck goes to Nintendo, does that also apply to donations?
So long, Gay Bowser!
Was changing his name to Bowser a part of the release?
Interesting story, and pretty sad at the end, the dude lost practically everything because of the fuckers at Nintendo. Heres his gofundme page if someone is interested in helping the guy out. https://www.gofundme.com/f/garyopa-restarting-his-life