Nintendo to pursue over 200.000 Reddit users

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firebush03 said:

Jules98 said:

So in other words, no one is allowed to defend themselves from theft, and all devs should just suck it up when you want something for free.

Methinks you underestimate the amount of money that goes around in businesses like these, and the amount of money that is lost due to piracy.

Also, it's not like Nintendo can unilaterally decide the fines. That's what the courts do. If you have problems with that, you should be barking up that tree instead.

Wrong! "So in other words, no one is allowed to defend themselves from theft" is a what some may call a "strawman". If a country launches a missile into another country, that doesn't give the victim country the moral right to launch a nuke in retaliation. Analogously, I don't believe anybody should ever have their life ruined over a petty crime. It's insanity that this even need to explained. It is not justice for Nintendo to taking 20% of Gary Bowser's paycheck for the rest of his days, after having sent him to jail: This is a cruel punishment intended to serve as an example for others not to replicate his behavior, not "justice" for the victim.

Piracy (or any petty crime) should not recieve a near-death sentence. Why is this such a controversial statement? $1mil to the average person is 20y worth of the average American's paycheck.

Til I learned that losing 20% of your paycheck is a near-death sentence.
Dunno how I'm still alive after losing 25% of mine to my mortgage.