Comments on: Pirate Ordered to Pay R10 million to Nintendo

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Tue, 04 May 2010 08:28:21 +0000

[...] If you ask me, he got off pretty lightly considering he wasnâ€™t just your average pirate. He physically stole the game from the manufacturing plant â€“ something much more serious than just making copies. Also consider the R10M the New super Mario Bros pirate was ordered to pay Nintendo. [...]

By: WitWolfyZA

WitWolfyZA — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:34:49 +0000

Dude that’s harsh… poor bastard…

By: uberutang

uberutang — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:22:35 +0000

Wow. Talk about being greedy.

They only made x billion dollars last year, so now they sue a dude for making it available for free?

What he did was wrong, but damn, how many private jets do one need?

By: easy

easy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:02:40 +0000

its the same tactic the RIAA use. for each offence (1 offence = 1 track) they will fine you US$2000.00, which could rack up pretty quickly.
so ya, nintendo could of gone full force on this guy. anyway, like you said, its an amount that can and will never be paid for in full… just making an example.

By: Milesh Bhana ZA

Milesh Bhana ZA — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:36:42 +0000

Nintendo LOST money?

I call bullsh1t.

By: LazySAGamer

LazySAGamer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:30:30 +0000

I wouldn’t say he got off lightly, this is sure to make pirates at least think twice before allowing their copy to be leaked…

He may never pay the money but he has also ended any chance he ever had of having a real career, I highly doubt anyone is going to hire him for a good job with a garnishing order against his salary, quite the harsh sentence really.

By: easy

easy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:08:32 +0000

convict heritage still runs deep i see

the fine wont replace the loss of revenue for nintendo, so strictly speaking he got off lightly.