mesamune@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoNintendo targets Reddit pirates in piracy crackdownoverkill.wtfexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkNintendo targets Reddit pirates in piracy crackdownoverkill.wtfmesamune@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoKinda weird that I’m rooting for reddit, a company I hate, against Nintendo, a company that usually brings me joy. But here we are.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoAny time Nintendo is involved in a legal case, you can pretty safely assume they’re probably wrong.
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoOn the other hand, r/switchpirates is transparently a community for the express purpose of pirating Nintendo games for their current system. It’s one of the rare cases where I think they probably can make a slam-dunk legal case to shut it down.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoTo shut it down, sure. To get information on accounts simply for posting there? They can fuck off.
Kinda weird that I’m rooting for reddit, a company I hate, against Nintendo, a company that usually brings me joy.
But here we are.
Any time Nintendo is involved in a legal case, you can pretty safely assume they’re probably wrong.
On the other hand, r/switchpirates is transparently a community for the express purpose of pirating Nintendo games for their current system. It’s one of the rare cases where I think they probably can make a slam-dunk legal case to shut it down.
To shut it down, sure. To get information on accounts simply for posting there? They can fuck off.