-There’s a good chance you can beat Nintendo, but you’ve got to visualize how you’re going to win, okay?
-Gotcha…
A CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT HAS APPARENTLY FELLED NINTENDO’S LAWYER MOMENTS BEFORE THEY COULD STEP INTO THE RING.It’s super effective.
The absolute scenes if this guy wins.
Yuzu devs and others be like “we could’ve easily won?”.
(I know, not happening)
This isn’t Hitchhikers Guide, we don’t have an improbability drive.
Ah yes, face up against one of the most litigious companies on the planet without a lawyer or any discernible legal experience of your own to speak of. I’m sure that’ll work real well.
The dude’s arguments sound like the kind of stuff that is frequently parroted by SovCits. My bet is that this dude is so nutty that no lawyers were willing to take him on as a client even if he asked. But I doubt he asked, because SovCits often believe they know more than the lawyers do.
The stuff about not owning the company reeks of SovCit “I’m a man acting as an agent on behalf of my name” bullshit. The rest of his arguments also sound like common SovCit “throw legalese at the wall like it’s some sort of cheat code” stuff.
I hope he wins but it isn’t looking good.
“A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client”
“And with God as my witness, I am that fool!”
Now I need to watch the two Addams Family films again.
Sorry, my guy seems like a nit wit all the way up and down.
If you want to sell mods as a side hustle that’s great, but don’t form a company with the explicit enterprise of infringing the rights of one of the largest and most litigious rights holders in the world.
infringing their claimed rights
If they win is going to be a very bad day for Nintendo.
And it’s not that imposible. As these kind of companies operate on the principle that “small” people would never go to court after them, so they don’t care if they actually have legal ground.
The guy even denies he owns his own business, I doubt he’ll do anything worthwhile in court.
IANAL, but I don’t think he’s claiming he doesn’t own the business, but that the “offers for sale a variety of products and services designed to circumvent and bypass Nintendo’s TPMs” is wrong. The only argument I can see at this point is “The TPM ceases to be Nintendo’s after the customer purchases it”. I have no idea if that’s his angle or if it’s a solid argument.
I wonder if there’s any side benefits that if Nintendo destroy a mentally ill man’s life, they experience a PR backlash.
Anything’s possible, but…
I have a feeling that the people who are just smart and capable enough to pull this off without any prior legal training or experience are also smart and capable enough to realize how incredibly bad an idea it would be to try in the first place.
If you’re going to fight the case on principle, then it is a no-brainer to hire at least some sort of legal representation. In terms of expected value, I imagine that it’s practically buying free money, at least up to a point.
Lawyers don’t even try to represent themselves if they’re taken to court. They’ll be the first to tell you you need a lawyer no matter who you are. That’s no scenario where it isn’t a bad idea to try to represent yourself.
There is no justice for poor man in this world
Here’s the origin article from torrentfreak. https://torrentfreak.com/modded-hardware-defendant-denies-nintendos-copyright-claims-in-court-241006/
Shitty IGN is just re-reporting based on torrent freak with less info.
hey all y’all telling me that it’s a good idea to fight nintendo? watch this one.
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Nintendo Switch Modder Who Refused to Shut Down Now Takes to Court Against Nintendo
Yeah!
Without a Lawyer
… idiot.
“Mario maker Nintendo”
I know he wont win but i hope he does anyway. Or at least does something outrageous for entertainment.
Pretty sure he got paid by Nintendo to sue them stupidly so they could slam dunk the case and get a precedent that makes it easier for them to oppress developers
