• Flamekebab
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    012 hours ago

    -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.

  • @[email protected]
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    012 hours ago

    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

  • @[email protected]
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    013 hours ago

    alleging it “not only offers the hardware and firmware to create and play pirated games” but also provides “customers with copies of pirated Nintendo games.”

    I can see a world where he can offer hardware and firmware, with claims of other intended purposes.

    But the second part wherehe provides customers with pirated software is a slam dunk for nintendo.

    • Cadeillac
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      013 hours ago

      Yup, nail in the coffin if there is substantial evidence

  • @[email protected]
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    013 hours ago

    Nintendo Switch Modder Who Refused to Shut Down Now Takes to Court Against Nintendo

    Yeah!

    Without a Lawyer

    … idiot.

  • @[email protected]
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    013 hours ago

    I know he wont win but i hope he does anyway. Or at least does something outrageous for entertainment.

  • @[email protected]
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    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      014 hours ago

      I wonder if there’s any side benefits that if Nintendo destroy a mentally ill man’s life, they experience a PR backlash.

    • @[email protected]
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      014 hours ago

      The guy even denies he owns his own business, I doubt he’ll do anything worthwhile in court.

      • @[email protected]
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        08 hours ago

        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.

    • AirBreather
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      016 hours ago

      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.

      • Robust Mirror
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        012 hours ago

        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.

  • NaibofTabr
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    018 hours ago

    “A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client”

  • @[email protected]
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    018 hours ago

    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.