• mesamuneOP
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    5814 hours ago

    The big ones:

    Now Nintendo is seeking the court’s approval to actually subpoena Reddit for user records. These records, if shared, could identify additional moderators or users tied to the r/SwitchPirates subreddits. Nintendo argues that these records are critical to building their case against others in the alleged piracy …

    In addition to requesting records from Reddit, Nintendo’s filing also makes appeals for information from other companies, including domain registrars such as Namecheap and GoDaddy, along with firms such as Cloudflare, Github, Google, and Discord.

    • @bokherif@lemmy.world
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      77 hours ago

      Subpoenaing Reddit for user records because some guy emulated a videogame made for your crappy handheld console.

    • @Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      8314 hours ago

      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.

        • @MurrayL@lemmy.world
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          2114 hours ago

          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.

            • @pivot_root@lemmy.world
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              79 hours ago

              Nintendo is definitely overstepping with that request, but I can’t say I feel bad for the subset of Redditors shitting their pants because they admitted to distributing* ROMs. Trusting a corporation to protect you from the consequences of your actions is a level of stupidity beyond deserving sympathy.

              *Specifically distributing. Not downloading. Not discussing. Distributing.

              • @conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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                154 minutes ago

                Talking is irrelevant. It’s debatable whether they’re actually entitled to even compel the sub to be closed, as they didn’t allow links to anything infringing, and discussion is protected. I just ignored that because I don’t care.

                Nothing there says anything that indicates there is any effort to restrict the information gathering to people actively distributing anything on the relevant platforms. Trying to demand the personal information of participants in discussions without direct, explicit proof that that account actually distributed pirated content makes them bad people. It is not excusable behavior.

          • @bassomitron@lemmy.world
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            614 hours ago

            They used to be pretty strict about posting links. If that’s still the case, it’s literally just a discussion forum discussing and promoting something illegal and not necessarily doing anything illegal. I’ll wager that the judge would only sign off on information from users that Nintendo already has enough evidence against. But I guess we’ll see.

      • @hakase@lemm.ee
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        1110 hours ago

        As a lifelong Nintendo fan, I’ve been rooting against them in pretty much everything for close to a decade at this point.