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After being indicted in 2020, Gary Bowser's trial is finally over, and he has been sentenced to 3+ years in prison. Bowser was facing eleven felony charges as the public face of Team Xexuter, estimated by the U.S. government to have cost the videogame industry between $65 million and $150 million by facilitating piracy. Bowser pled guilty to charges of trafficking in circumvention devices and conspiracy to circumvent technological measures in November, agreeing to pay $4.5 million in fines, but was also ordered to pay another $10 million to Nintendo in a civil case.

"This is not a victimless crime. The leaders of this multimillion-dollar scheme are responsible for diverting money from creative professionals who have worked hard to provide unique products and experiences,” said Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Robert Hammer. Another Special Agent in Charge, Donald M. Voiret, is quoted saying "he also wasted the efforts of legitimate companies as they attempted to build protections for their products.”

Last week, the prosecution announced they were seeking a five-year sentence, while the defense only wanted nineteen months. Bowser has been detained since October 2020 as he was not able to secure pretrial release, so, assuming he serves his full 3+ year sentence, he will have actually been detained for closer to four and a half years.

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[aos10]

so, he paid $4.5 million and still jailed?

 

[Donnie-Burger]

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After being indicted in 2020, Gary Bowser's trial is finally over, and he has been sentenced to 3+ years in prison. Bowser was facing eleven felony charges as the public face of Team Xexuter, estimated by the U.S. government to have cost the videogame industry between $65 million and $150 million by facilitating piracy. Bowser pled guilty to charges of trafficking in circumvention devices and conspiracy to circumvent technological measures in November, agreeing to pay $4.5 million in fines, but was also ordered to pay another $10 million to Nintendo in a civil case.

"This is not a victimless crime. The leaders of this multimillion-dollar scheme are responsible for diverting money from creative professionals who have worked hard to provide unique products and experiences,” said Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Robert Hammer. Another Special Agent in Charge, Donald M. Voiret, is quoted saying "he also wasted the efforts of legitimate companies as they attempted to build protections for their products.”

Last week, the prosecution announced they were seeking a five-year sentence, while the defense only wanted nineteen months. Bowser has been detained since October 2020 as he was not able to secure pretrial release, so, assuming he serves his full 3+ year sentence, he will have actually been detained for closer to four and a half years.

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I hope hes out before the the Switch PRO model comes out so TX can hack it :]

 

[Donnie-Burger]

so, he paid $4.5 million and still jailed?

Yeah fines and jail / prison time go hand in hand in US. Iv'e known people who have done worse and got house arrest.

 

[aos10]

Yeah fines and jail / prison time go hand in hand in US. Iv'e known people who have done worse and got house arrest.

what the hell? this is really stupid.
american system is bad, even more then my own country (well, not really, in my country sysria they abduct kids and women to make big ransoms).

 

[diggeloid]

he also wasted the efforts of legitimate companies as they attempted to build protections for their products

What a weird way to frame that. Everyone knows DRM doesn't work, so the only ones wasting their efforts are the companies implementing it. That's like saying "DRM works to stop piracy, as long as pirates don't circumvent it!" Like no shit.

Does anyone know of any studies that show DRM actually leads to reduced piracy in any meaningful way? I'd imagine that if you were to ask a company like Denuvo, they'd give you some massaged numbers to sell you on their product.

 

[Marc_LFD]

I know it's illegal and a crime as per copyright goes, but jail time? I feel bad for him.

Putting him in the same space as rapists, killers, pedos... That's probably gonna fuck him up.

 

[ShadowOne333]

As always, just because the top shits called the shots, the worst kind of sentences and punishment are served.
Damn that country's piece of shit legal system is skewed af to serve the fuckers above.

 

[KingBlank]

This sucks, I'd like to see them prove that he has cost the industry even $20 million.

 

[AmandaRose]

So Long, Gary Bowser

(Sorry couldn't resist modifying the famous misheard quote from Mario 64.

 

[Larsenv]

Hi @garyopa, how are you doing in federal custody?

 

[Chary]

Dang. The precedent has been set. Don't mess with Nintendo.

 

[tpax]

America, where corporate wellbeing is more important than the wellbeing of children, considering child abusers get off the hook way easier.

Can't the Chinese or the Russians just nuke that country?

 

[djpannda]

Ok… do we NOW get the sxos update!

 

[Donnie-Burger]

Ok… do we NOW get the sxos update!

in 3+ years. Whos down to smuggle a switch in for for good ol Gary?

 

[chrisrlink]

America, where corporate wellbeing is more important than the wellbeing of children, considering child abusers get off the hook way easier.

Can't the Chinese or the Russians just nuke that country?

you know what? i don't care if i'm on no watch list for saying this (probably already am cause of my ex and the fact i USED to be Muslim because of her) but sometimes when a country needs to burn they need to burn in this case because of the corruption of the USA

 

[Donnie-Burger]

you know what? i don't care if i'm on no watch list for saying this (probably already am cause of my ex and the fact i USED to be Muslim because of her) but sometimes when a country needs to burn they need to burn in this case because of the corruption of the USA

Considering his fines and sentence I would guess / assume he didn't talk. Max & Chen must be happy right now. Chen prolly the reason the HWFLY chips exist. Multi Billion dollar companies can do thangs.

 

[CeeDee]

surprised nintendo didn't lobby for a death sentence

 

[tpax]

surprised nintendo didn't lobby for a death sentence

They probably tried.

 

[chrisrlink]

surprised nintendo didn't lobby for a death sentence

i doubt they could pull that off without raising hell with activist and human rights groups to put it in perspective it would be like issuing a death sentence for shoplifters or "the five finger discount" maybe is countries like the UAE, iraq etc but not here