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Gary Bowser is out of jail after being sued by Nintendo and would be an interesting AMA here (lemmy.ml)

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The story and work of Gary Bowser is pretty badass and would make for an interesting ama and event on lemmy. Here’s a recent article on Gary Bowser https://torrentfreak.com/gary-bowser-how-a-1980s-hacker-became-nintendos-nemesis-decades-later-230702/

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[-] TheBig2023Meltdown@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

Isn't he basically screwed for the rest of his life though? Having to pay some of his wage to Nintendo

[-] 404CameranotFound@lemmy.fmhy.ml 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most of his wage. 14.5 million docked from his paychecks for the rest of his life. There’s not much more info in how much will be docked from his pay, as in a percentage or flat cost

Edit: I read more into it. It’s 25-30% of his paycheck goes to Nintendo.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/04/bowser-free-from-prison-still-owes-nintendo-14-5m-for-switch-hacking/ See at the bottom

He will die owing Nintendo tens of millions of dollars. Fuck Nintendo

[-] solivine@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

Honestly the fact the court allows that too...

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 27 points 1 year ago

So glad people got rid of slavery, right? US is disgusting with the corporation bootlicking.

[-] Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

that's not technically true, the 13th amendment only outlawed slavery if you haven't been convicted of a crime.

Edit: besides that technicality, I do agree.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but my point was that this is just slavery for everyone, only with a different name.

[-] Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I understood you correctly, but were you aware that American corporations including McDonald's, Target, Whole Foods, and Microsoft have been profiting heavily from US prison labor without the the legal requirement to compensate the laborers fairly, provide sick days, or provide decent working conditions? https://sites.law.berkeley.edu/sustainability-compliance/corporations-use-of-prison-labor/

Shit's fucked if/when you get convicted of a crime, whether your Gary or anyone else.

Edit: added context

[-] 404CameranotFound@lemmy.fmhy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

Because Nintendo lawyers ran circles around the court

Some other guy said something about costing Nintendo 65 million. I don’t buy that claim. They were still profitable as a company during that time, so it’s just a show of force to scare other script kiddies from fucking with Nintendo. Fuck em, emulated breath of the wild is better than on console anyway