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Australian Pirate Sued $1.3 Million

by Lachrymose on Feb.09, 2010 at 2:56 pm, under Gaming, Nintendo Wii | Thread ID: 7456
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New Super Mario Bros. was a major accomplishment made by Nintendo and sold over ten million copies worldwide. Unlike most games, this was released in Australia before any other county.  Like most popular games, it gets pirated in large quantities and gets uploaded before the release date, which in this case was over a week before the worldwide launch.

Nintendo was able to track down this pirate using "sophisticated technological forensics" and made the offender pay a sum of $1.3 million. According to Nintendo, this large sum of money is to compensate the company for the loss of sales revenue. In my opinion, that's a high price to pay just for getting "internet props." This incident could also affect the release dates of games in Australia and since this exception didn't go over well, publishers might be reluctant in the future to make the Aussie's games first to be released.

Nintendo Sues Pirate [Gamespot AU]

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  1. Craig Fairfax
    February 9th, 2010 at 9:07 pm

    Can't say he didn't deserve it.


  2. Dan.
    February 9th, 2010 at 9:29 pm

    http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/picard-facepalm.jpg

    I would have thought these people would have taken the hint from that Wodern Warfare 2 pirates story.


  3. eldiablov
    February 9th, 2010 at 10:07 pm

    Aah well, I benefited from this moron's actions. I can't complain.


  4. Bluedog
    February 10th, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    Apparently it was a user over at gbatemp that got hit with this fine. They believe that he got caught because he bragged that he had it, dumped/uploaded it and even showed the receipt with his name and other details.


  5. Moose
    February 10th, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    Bluedog said:
    Apparently it was a user over at gbatemp that got hit with this fine. They believe that he got caught because he bragged that he had it, dumped/uploaded it and even showed the receipt with his name and other details.


    If that's true then he certainly had it coming.


  6. Riorio99
    February 10th, 2010 at 5:21 pm

    At least Nintendo is going the right way about this. I've been saying it for years, the piracy problem is going to be solved much faster if you catch the uploaders, rather than suing the downloaders.


  7. yolarrydabomb
    February 10th, 2010 at 7:43 pm

    He had it coming...what an idiot.


  8. NoEffex
    February 10th, 2010 at 9:20 pm

    Riorio99 said:
    At least Nintendo is going the right way about this. I've been saying it for years, the piracy problem is going to be solved much faster if you catch the uploaders, rather than suing the downloaders.


    IIRC most of the companies stated that they would go after the uploaders, not the downloaders. Not too long ago.


  9. Dan.
    February 10th, 2010 at 9:24 pm

    NoEffex said:
    IIRC most of the companies stated that they would go after the uploaders, not the downloaders. Not too long ago.


    Yeah, you're right.


  10. Bill
    February 10th, 2010 at 9:39 pm

    NoEffex said:
    IIRC most of the companies stated that they would go after the uploaders, not the downloaders. Not too long ago.


    And that is why torrents are bad, chillun.


    Also:

    MfMbot said:
    Nintendo was able to track down this pirate using "sophisticated technological forensics"


    Bluedog said:
    he got caught because he bragged that he had it, dumped/uploaded it and even showed the receipt with his name and other details.


    ORLY Nintendo?


  11. eldiablov
    February 10th, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    Bill said:
    And that is why torrents are bad, chillun.


    You mean public trackers. :cool:


  12. SilverSpring
    February 10th, 2010 at 11:28 pm

    This guy was shown on the news on TV here. Basically, some rogue store put it up on their shelves 5 days before official release date, he bought it, none of his net buddies believed him so he uploaded it for bragging rights.

    He then said he was sorry (although he didn't look sincere probably just doing it for the camera), blah blah, and now he's in debt for the rest of his life.


  13. Torch
    February 11th, 2010 at 6:13 pm

    What happens when you don't have any money or assets to pay with? Do they force you to give them your income for the rest of your life? Do you get to meet expenses first and then pay them the rest? You could probably scam your way out of that kind of agreement....

    Google wasn't very helpful.


  14. eldiablov
    February 11th, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    Torch said:
    What happens when you don't have any money or assets to pay with?


    I presume you go to prison.


  15. Lachrymose
    February 11th, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    eldiablov said:
    I presume you go to prison.


    Hmm, well it costs the government a lot of money to put someone in prison, so how would Nintendo get the money?


  16. eldiablov
    February 11th, 2010 at 8:35 pm

    Lachrymose said:
    Hmm, well it costs the government a lot of money to put someone in prison, so how would Nintendo get the money?


    If he can't pay he can't pay. I assume everything of his will be repossessed.

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