Nintendo targets Reddit pirates in piracy crackdown
Nintendo targets Reddit pirates in piracy crackdown
by No-Drawing-6975
35 Comments
Mediocre-Win1898
Archbox is fucked, Reddit will dox you in a second. Anyway isn’t this coming about 7 years too late?
WereOtter792
First rule of fight club is dont talk about fight club
MrSnowmanJoe
You reap what you sow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Explorer_Entity
BOOOO!
Pick on somebody your own size, greedy corpo!
odiin1731
We did it, Reddit!
Paperdiego
Good
devenbat
Maybe don’t brag about crimes
Zealousideal_Meat297
Gotta treat it like research chems now
MissingNerd
I’m so happy to see that this company is apparently willing to dox anyone as long as their Nintendo username is the same as someone they don’t like on Reddit. Really makes me want to have an account in their ecosystem ._.
Icy-Cod9863
I literally just stumbled on that sub yesterday by accident.
Bluebomber_24
Oh no…. anyway.
Pokemigas
Beautiful
Wrong_Revolution_679
Yeah you people who openly talk about pirating games all the time brought this upon yourselves
AirbendingScholar
Something something games something something prizes
There wasn’t any “it’s actually just emulation” or “there’s no way to legally buy this anymore” argument to be made here, it’s exactly what it says on the tin. Not sure what was the expectation was here
Budget_Panic_1400
when nintendo releases their next console they are gonna focus less on cracking down on switch piracy and crack down piracy for their next console whatever its gonna be called or what its looks like.
lgosvse
I legitimately never understood why Reddit admins allow r/Piracy to still exist and haven’t banned it. The entire point of that subreddit is to engage in criminal activity.
Jisai
good riddance!
bluedragjet
People who pirate Nintendo games have to be the dumbest criminals on the planet because they are the only one that brag about it
godslayeradvisor
I am curious, though, would the subpoena even work against Reddit? I know that Reddit is not a bastion of privacy, but AFAIK, previous requests to identify users have failed in court. [Example included](https://gizmodo.com/reddit-subpoena-torrent-grande-piracy-1850697300).
ZeroGrav707
FAFO
Due-Emu-1724
Hey nintendo , I emulate all your games and make money. Fuck you
FoxLIcyMelenaGamer
Woooo reporting em got heard.
AcaciaCelestina
Doubt it happens, this has been tried before and it failed.
Wahgineer
Can’t wait to see how pirates try to justify emulating Nintendo games before they launch as preservation.
thickwonga
Those people love to rant about how evil and horrible Nintendo is, and how it’s not only completely, morally okay to pirate their games, but that you *should* be pirating their games.
It’s all, of course, a bunch of bullshit. They want to justify it to themselves behind a wall of “morals” and “preservation,” but it’s all just a farce. Even in terms of preservation, you could dump the game yourself using a cartridge you bought.
I support piracy, but I also support Nintendo, because, *on a moral standpoint,* I think they still continue to innovate and create in the industry in a way comapnies like Sony and *especially* Microsoft don’t. I think a lot of people just target Nintendo because their games are easy to pirate. If it were a moral dilemma, they’d go after Sony, who has done much, *much* worse just this year than Nintendo has done in a decade. We can all stand and laugh at Concord, but that disaster is a perfect example of how horribly out of touch and, for lack of a better word, soulless Sony is. Nintendo not only knows their audience, but actively provides for them, especially in this new era that the Switch started. PlayStation hasn’t innovated since the PS4, and faster load times and cool controller features that most games don’t even use isn’t innovation. The only innovation the PS5 provided was using an SSD, something PC’s have had since 2010.
anyway nintendo jerk off session over
5erenade
Lmao
Exaskryz
There was a recent court decision, maybe find it in r/piracy and r/privacy, from a few months back determining redditors are not liable for talking about pirating. The context was people boasting about how their isps let them pirate shows and movies, etc. They did not say *how* to pirate. That’s the key point of contention. Targeting SwitchPirates may be targeting the people that distribute the copyright-infringing and drm-brekaing material, not all the users who may or may not “confess” to being a pirate.
Anyone happen to have that article handy as a citation?
Why the F are they so unnecessarily extra? Like who does this?
NEVER85
I’m just gonna pirate more. Suck it, Nintendo.
Relevant_Scrubs_link
Mann, I really wish they would port their titles over. It’s hard to go back to my switch when my steam deck just feels so much better in my hands.
GearsOfWar2333
I really really don’t understand why people emulate switch games. You can easily still buy the systems. I emulate the older things but trying to emulate a current gen console is fucking stupid especially the switch because its owned by FUCKING NINTENDO, you know the company that will sue you if you look at them wrong.
AcanthaceaeWild1551
If they’re dumb enough to talk about it on a public forum, they deserve whatever punishment they get.
Valuable_Product9570
this is why Its going to be the last time I dig myself into this, because every case of Nintendo against vigilant emulation is going to be the same, the important thing is the franchises and the fun it brings so hear me out on this.
bros think doing something harmful for developers of games that are still vigilant and that is morally wrong is something to brag and be proud of, you couldn’t be the most stupidest dumbasses ding dongs than that, it’s just like what happened to EveryGameGuru.
when they cry about them being poor and not having enough to buy Nintendo stuff yeah right but they have enough money to buy a super high end gaming pc to emulate everything on, or components and metal shit to mod a switch.
I support retro game emulation and piracy, because it’s virtually the only way to play them now a days, I’m not paying 300 dollars on eBay for a game that is not even vigilant anymore, but it’s not morally wrong because the developers do not loose money and their salary with my act so no one gets hurt and I don’t feel bad for it
But I do not and should not support ”modern” piracy at all, because it’s actually morally wrong, If you have empathy then may I ask you this: “how would you feel if you where a developer who spent 2-5 years working on a masterpiece, putting all of his effort to it only to find a random guy posting it online for free 2 weeks before even releasing, and because of it you will not get paid tonight“ multiply this case for each developer of a single multi million dollar project
This goes for the entire industry folks, not just for Nintendo. Copyright is a law that exists if you must know.
Nintendo has flaws, everything has flaws, we all have flaws, nothing in this world is perfect, but Nintendo does so many things great that this guys are left with the same arguments (like the whole greedy thing when literally EA and Sony exist and there’s literally a Nintendo hot sale going on atm so it’s not even true) to hate Nintendo but they exaggerate them to make it look like much when it’s not a big deal.
and for those minorities who have shit in their head and think its right to leak free roms for games 1 week before release or games still commercialized but then cry when this things happen: if you don’t want this, move in silence dhead.
sorry for my rant and the words I used, but it pisses me off sometimes so that’s why I’m leaving the topic.
Hokeymon44
Always pirate Nintendo’s games. It’s morally correct. Fuck them
serenade1
Haha, the kids in this Reddit that were being smartasses about game preservation are shaking in their diapers
35 Comments
Archbox is fucked, Reddit will dox you in a second. Anyway isn’t this coming about 7 years too late?
First rule of fight club is dont talk about fight club
You reap what you sow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
BOOOO!
Pick on somebody your own size, greedy corpo!
We did it, Reddit!
Good
Maybe don’t brag about crimes
Gotta treat it like research chems now
I’m so happy to see that this company is apparently willing to dox anyone as long as their Nintendo username is the same as someone they don’t like on Reddit. Really makes me want to have an account in their ecosystem ._.
I literally just stumbled on that sub yesterday by accident.
Oh no…. anyway.
Beautiful
Yeah you people who openly talk about pirating games all the time brought this upon yourselves
Something something games something something prizes
There wasn’t any “it’s actually just emulation” or “there’s no way to legally buy this anymore” argument to be made here, it’s exactly what it says on the tin. Not sure what was the expectation was here
when nintendo releases their next console they are gonna focus less on cracking down on switch piracy and crack down piracy for their next console whatever its gonna be called or what its looks like.
I legitimately never understood why Reddit admins allow r/Piracy to still exist and haven’t banned it. The entire point of that subreddit is to engage in criminal activity.
good riddance!
People who pirate Nintendo games have to be the dumbest criminals on the planet because they are the only one that brag about it
I am curious, though, would the subpoena even work against Reddit? I know that Reddit is not a bastion of privacy, but AFAIK, previous requests to identify users have failed in court. [Example included](https://gizmodo.com/reddit-subpoena-torrent-grande-piracy-1850697300).
FAFO
Hey nintendo , I emulate all your games and make money. Fuck you
Woooo reporting em got heard.
Doubt it happens, this has been tried before and it failed.
Can’t wait to see how pirates try to justify emulating Nintendo games before they launch as preservation.
Those people love to rant about how evil and horrible Nintendo is, and how it’s not only completely, morally okay to pirate their games, but that you *should* be pirating their games.
It’s all, of course, a bunch of bullshit. They want to justify it to themselves behind a wall of “morals” and “preservation,” but it’s all just a farce. Even in terms of preservation, you could dump the game yourself using a cartridge you bought.
I support piracy, but I also support Nintendo, because, *on a moral standpoint,* I think they still continue to innovate and create in the industry in a way comapnies like Sony and *especially* Microsoft don’t. I think a lot of people just target Nintendo because their games are easy to pirate. If it were a moral dilemma, they’d go after Sony, who has done much, *much* worse just this year than Nintendo has done in a decade. We can all stand and laugh at Concord, but that disaster is a perfect example of how horribly out of touch and, for lack of a better word, soulless Sony is. Nintendo not only knows their audience, but actively provides for them, especially in this new era that the Switch started. PlayStation hasn’t innovated since the PS4, and faster load times and cool controller features that most games don’t even use isn’t innovation. The only innovation the PS5 provided was using an SSD, something PC’s have had since 2010.
anyway nintendo jerk off session over
Lmao
There was a recent court decision, maybe find it in r/piracy and r/privacy, from a few months back determining redditors are not liable for talking about pirating. The context was people boasting about how their isps let them pirate shows and movies, etc. They did not say *how* to pirate. That’s the key point of contention. Targeting SwitchPirates may be targeting the people that distribute the copyright-infringing and drm-brekaing material, not all the users who may or may not “confess” to being a pirate.
Anyone happen to have that article handy as a citation?
Edit: Already in the comments. Article: https://gizmodo.com/reddit-subpoena-torrent-grande-piracy-1850697300 and it was over a year ago now in real time, still just a few months in internet time /s
Thanks to u/godslayeradviser for linking, here’s their comment: https://old.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/1h1gruk/nintendo_targets_reddit_pirates_in_piracy/lzbpzw2/
Why the F are they so unnecessarily extra? Like who does this?
I’m just gonna pirate more. Suck it, Nintendo.
Mann, I really wish they would port their titles over. It’s hard to go back to my switch when my steam deck just feels so much better in my hands.
I really really don’t understand why people emulate switch games. You can easily still buy the systems. I emulate the older things but trying to emulate a current gen console is fucking stupid especially the switch because its owned by FUCKING NINTENDO, you know the company that will sue you if you look at them wrong.
If they’re dumb enough to talk about it on a public forum, they deserve whatever punishment they get.
this is why Its going to be the last time I dig myself into this, because every case of Nintendo against vigilant emulation is going to be the same, the important thing is the franchises and the fun it brings so hear me out on this.
bros think doing something harmful for developers of games that are still vigilant and that is morally wrong is something to brag and be proud of, you couldn’t be the most stupidest dumbasses ding dongs than that, it’s just like what happened to EveryGameGuru.
when they cry about them being poor and not having enough to buy Nintendo stuff yeah right but they have enough money to buy a super high end gaming pc to emulate everything on, or components and metal shit to mod a switch.
I support retro game emulation and piracy, because it’s virtually the only way to play them now a days, I’m not paying 300 dollars on eBay for a game that is not even vigilant anymore, but it’s not morally wrong because the developers do not loose money and their salary with my act so no one gets hurt and I don’t feel bad for it
But I do not and should not support ”modern” piracy at all, because it’s actually morally wrong, If you have empathy then may I ask you this: “how would you feel if you where a developer who spent 2-5 years working on a masterpiece, putting all of his effort to it only to find a random guy posting it online for free 2 weeks before even releasing, and because of it you will not get paid tonight“ multiply this case for each developer of a single multi million dollar project
This goes for the entire industry folks, not just for Nintendo. Copyright is a law that exists if you must know.
Nintendo has flaws, everything has flaws, we all have flaws, nothing in this world is perfect, but Nintendo does so many things great that this guys are left with the same arguments (like the whole greedy thing when literally EA and Sony exist and there’s literally a Nintendo hot sale going on atm so it’s not even true) to hate Nintendo but they exaggerate them to make it look like much when it’s not a big deal.
and for those minorities who have shit in their head and think its right to leak free roms for games 1 week before release or games still commercialized but then cry when this things happen: if you don’t want this, move in silence dhead.
sorry for my rant and the words I used, but it pisses me off sometimes so that’s why I’m leaving the topic.
Always pirate Nintendo’s games. It’s morally correct. Fuck them
Haha, the kids in this Reddit that were being smartasses about game preservation are shaking in their diapers