Pirates may have their illegally downloaded copy of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, however their captain has been fined $1.5 Million in damages.
Back in November last year an Australian chap Burt, 24, leaked a copy of the game he'd accidentally been able to purchase a week ahead of its launch, illegally online. It didn't work initially, however hackers were able to adjust files to work with homebrew systems.
Upon the game being uploaded to the Internet, Nintendo was able to employ the use of sophisticated technological forensics to identify the individual responsible for illegally copying the file and making it available for further distribution.
On 23rd November, 2009, Nintendo obtained a Federal Court search order in respect of the individual's residential premises. This led to the seizure of property from those premises in order to gain further evidence against the individual.
After raiding the poor chap's home and gathering evidence, courts have ordered him to pay $1.5 million ($1.3 million USD) to Nintendo for loss of revenue.
According to Digital Life, his father states that he is a "shy gamer trying to proove a point to friends". Nintendo however are adamant that Burt was trying to be accepted by a dangerous hacking group.
It was peer pressure on the internet forums and the blog sites that led him to do a very very silly thing to prove that he'd actually managed to purchase a game before its release date.
What do you think of the move - should piraters really be fined that much, even if he purchased the game legally?
Back in November last year an Australian chap Burt, 24, leaked a copy of the game he'd accidentally been able to purchase a week ahead of its launch, illegally online. It didn't work initially, however hackers were able to adjust files to work with homebrew systems.
Upon the game being uploaded to the Internet, Nintendo was able to employ the use of sophisticated technological forensics to identify the individual responsible for illegally copying the file and making it available for further distribution.
On 23rd November, 2009, Nintendo obtained a Federal Court search order in respect of the individual's residential premises. This led to the seizure of property from those premises in order to gain further evidence against the individual.
After raiding the poor chap's home and gathering evidence, courts have ordered him to pay $1.5 million ($1.3 million USD) to Nintendo for loss of revenue.
According to Digital Life, his father states that he is a "shy gamer trying to proove a point to friends". Nintendo however are adamant that Burt was trying to be accepted by a dangerous hacking group.
It was peer pressure on the internet forums and the blog sites that led him to do a very very silly thing to prove that he'd actually managed to purchase a game before its release date.
What do you think of the move - should piraters really be fined that much, even if he purchased the game legally?
1 comment:
Yes, he should definetly be fined!
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