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Nintendo sues streamer for playing pre-release, emulated Switch games (overkill.wtf)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Streaming bootlegged games is a fast track to legal trouble. I don't blame Nintendo at all here.

[–] reseller_pledge609 48 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Agreed. I hate Nintendo and their scummy tactics just like anyone else, but sadly the law is on their side here. Also, they're known for this. Why would you do this and then double down after they start taking down your content.

I am not on Nintendo's side, but I have zero sympathy for someone who does this to themselves.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

It's colossally stupid.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago

There are some fires you don't have to play with.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So how have they not solved their issue with every game getting leaked a week early?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

When you distribute physical copies of games to stores, I don't think it's really practical to prevent physical copies from getting taken inappropriately 100%

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Make 'em require an online patch to be playable after first install.

Actually, I should shut the fuck up, they might actually hear me

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Then that pretty much defeats the purpose of physical media, people will be out in droves angry that they can't play their new games offline or have to day 1 patch, etc

There's no perfect solution here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Obviously you just mandate your game and console be always online and at that point you may as well just live stream the game to their house, don't need to download if you never actually own it right?? Make them pay per the minute of game time and only unlock the next level after they've played long enough! Hell! Why even sell a game?? Just have people pay you for the right to advertise that they paid for it and charge them a daily subscription to keep the rights! Nobody owns anything but you! Art and entertainment is merely a vessel to siphon money from the masses! Purchase their souls for a hit of dopamine! Rent them their own eyes!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a them problem. Nintendo are assholes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

people play games prior to release all the time, the major issue here is streaming it. (and uh directly antagonizing nintendo didn't help)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

well then they couldn't sue people and that seems to be a large portion of what Nintendo does

[+] [email protected] -11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Sometime a streamer, he show his pre-release to corporation Nintendo and say "You will never get this you will never get it la la la la la la." Nintendo behind its lawyer. Nintendo cries, Nintendo cries and everybody laughs. Streamer goes "You never get this." But one time Nintendo send lawsuit and Nintendo "get this" and then we all laugh. High five!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

To all the downvoters....this is a Borat reference...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

We know. It wasn't funny.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

I have no issues with piracy, but streaming pirated materials is just dumb. Streaming pirated materials of a company that is known for being litigious? Just put your whole dick in the wasp nest.

That's why this is funny.

[+] [email protected] -28 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Amazing response to Nintendo. Get fucked tendo, get fucked. You control nothing

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You know, it's okay to recognize Nintendo's scummy legal practices while also recognizing that in this one single instance they are in the right.

[–] Leate_Wonceslace -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

IP law is an illegitimate institution, so no they're absolutely not.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Well that's not how the law works, you don't get to violate it just because you don't like it.

That's sovereign citizen BS, and that never ends well for them either.

[–] Leate_Wonceslace 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You understand that arguments about the legitimacy of law is an argument about whether a law should exist rather than if a law does exist, right?

There's a difference between saying that someone's "in the right" (which they're absolutely not) and saying someone is legally capable of doing what they want. (which is debatable)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Streamer sounds like an idiot:

They emailed Nintendo directly about plans to continue doing so;

They emailed Nintendo about helping folks find new versions of emulators, such as Yuzu and Ryujinx;

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There is nothing wrong with emulators. The ROMs themselves, sure. Emulators? Heck no

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

But there is something wrong with emailing Nintendo to say "No matter what you do, I'm going to help more people pirate your games!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Whether there is something wrong with doing that is a matter of ethics and personal values…

Regardless of those, it’s profoundly stupid to taunt Nintendo with confessions of piracy and threats to commit more

[–] Leate_Wonceslace -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's no such thing as being too based.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Based on what?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Stupidity apparently.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

This dumbass contacted Nintendo to taunt them about how he's gonna stream leaked pirated copies. Hard to have sympathy for this idiot for poking the bear.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

It sounds like they actually control quite a lot.

Turns out, when you do something clearly not okay and then actively go and taunt the people who could sue you for it with it, they might just, you know, do that. Since you actually went and asked them about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Playing leaked games early. Wow, you have no standards. Just hate for Nintendo.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 7 months ago

I mean I think the guy is stupid, but let's honestly reflect here, who gives a fuck about some leaked Nintendo game getting played a week or two early. Like honestly, it might not technically be victimless (though even that can be argued), but the 'damage' is so small it's like being upset that someone stepped on your grass.