Thats not even the crazy part
Nintendo is seeking $152,500 in damages
There’s only 6 figures.
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donuts@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
According to the document, Keighin sent a letter to Nintendo in late October “bragging that he has ‘a thousand recorded channels’ to stream” and that he will continue to use them.
Don’t think he was intimidated
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 weeks ago
donuts@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The key here is $152.500 per infringement. So if he streamed at least 50 times in the past two years, that’s $76 million at least.
And that falls straight back into “normalcy” (for Nintendo).
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 weeks ago
That’s not what the article says…
Granted they will be seeking additional damages in court, too.
donuts@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Follow the source of this article (in this case Polygon, yuck) and you will find the original info:
It’s seeking $150,000 for each alleged violation of Nintendo’s rights outlined in the Copyright Act and $2,500 for each alleged violation of the Copyright Act’s anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking provisions. Alternatively, Nintendo also could elect to take “actual damages,” i.e. money it’s lost, and Keighin’s profits, “in amounts to be proven at trial.”
MagnyusG@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Except they know his real name and his face, that kind of threat doesn’t work when they can just tell your country to arrest you for breaking the law.
donuts@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah he’s got balls. Also an idiot, but still.