indiegames
February 9th, 2010, 06:05
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_pirates2.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/pirates2.jpg)Nintendo sent out a press release today triumphantly boasting of victory in an Australian court over a man accused of pirating New Super Mario Bros. Wii. And how this single man now owes the mega-rich company $1.5 million.
Last November, Nintendo says it was able to "employ the use of sophisticated technological forensics" to catch the man, James Burt, who has been convicted of uploading the word's first pirated copy of New Super Mario Bros. Wii onto the internet.
Burt - a single man, not a company or group - now must pay the Japanese publisher and platform holder AUD$1.5 million (USD$1.3 million), "to compensate Nintendo for the loss of sales revenue caused by the individual's actions."
Yes, he broke the law. And as a pirate, should be punished. But this is a game that's sold over 10 million copies (http://kotaku.com/5458562/nintendo-game-sales-mario-pokemon-zelda-selling-millions-millions) in just three months.
Nothing like a little disproportionate punishment to maintain that lovable image, eh Nintendo?
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Last November, Nintendo says it was able to "employ the use of sophisticated technological forensics" to catch the man, James Burt, who has been convicted of uploading the word's first pirated copy of New Super Mario Bros. Wii onto the internet.
Burt - a single man, not a company or group - now must pay the Japanese publisher and platform holder AUD$1.5 million (USD$1.3 million), "to compensate Nintendo for the loss of sales revenue caused by the individual's actions."
Yes, he broke the law. And as a pirate, should be punished. But this is a game that's sold over 10 million copies (http://kotaku.com/5458562/nintendo-game-sales-mario-pokemon-zelda-selling-millions-millions) in just three months.
Nothing like a little disproportionate punishment to maintain that lovable image, eh Nintendo?
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