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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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[andyhappypants]

Far too heavy handed. Shame really considering nobody died!

Cheers Gary

Keep your back to the wall.

 

[CeeDee]

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

taking my comment seriously means i am now lobbying for your death sentence

 

[chrisrlink]

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.

the only thing i'd say to investigators is the good ol **** you

 

[such]

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

Better idea: petition Nintendo to have Doug Bowser personally deliver a Switch to him and to kick Gary in the nuts while he's there.

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

Eh, give it a few years. Next generation maybe.

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

Prison sure pays well in the US of A.

 

[XDel]

First off, he should be let go because of his last name alone.

Secondly, this is like watching a 12th grade football player kick a 4th grader around the school grounds. Big corp equals bullying.

 

[the_randomizer]

But murderers and kidnappers and other abusive people, oh no, they have to get lesser sentences

Fuck the American justice system.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

If what I have been told about US penal system is true, he will be forced to work for free or almost free during this time, and all for doing something that in the end was no harm to anyone.

I don't agree with this sentence. I agree with the fine, but jail time? Makes no sense.

 

[Retrojunkies]

Nintendo making more money from courts and they still cant be arsed to put some money down and make something new.

Problem is, they claim Gary caused millions in damages to hard working folks making games, but will any of this money go to them?

That there is probably robbery, who the fuck pockets the money.

 

[Axido]

Lesson learned? As soon as money is involved, make sure you can't get sued in the US.

 

[godreborn]

If what I have been told about US penal system is true, he will be forced to work for free or almost free during this time, and all for doing something that in the end was no harm to anyone.

I don't agree with this sentence. I agree with the fine, but jail time? Makes no sense.

I agree. I don't really believe in piracy, but I think the prison time is overkill.

 

[Kilim]

what a joke the legal system is, catered towards corporations with billions of dollars over the individual

every time this shit happens, whether it be Nintendo issuing a C&D for a rom hack (or something trivial) or them suing someone you should always remember, Nintendo is not your friend and their family friendly demeanor is simply a way for them to get more money

remember this the next time you see some idiot trying to act all 'holier-than-thou' over you pirating a Nintendo game, remember this when you see your favorite Nintendo franchise get a new game and you think you might want to support them/the franchise

pirate everything they touch, fuck 'em

 

[zebrone]

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

Me too.
Pray for it

 

[ChaosEternal]

Deserved.

 

[DKB]

Rough.

 

[Cylent1]

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

In their prison wallet? DAMN!!!!

 

[spotanjo3]

so, he paid $4.5 million and still jailed?

Yeah..Greedy perhaps ?

 

[pustal]

Team Xexuter, estimated by the U.S. government to have cost the videogame industry between $65 million and $150 million by facilitating piracy.​

Most people who pirate do it because they can't afford to pay the cost. People actually tend to buy the games when they start to be able to afford them. So I highly doubt these value. Firstly because I don't see how they'd estimate how many people pirated how many games. And then because most of those people wouldn't have actually bought the game even if they couldn't pirate it.

These values are currently tamer than they used to be but they are likey still completly taken out of someone's @$$.

 

[MadMakuFuuma]

Yeah..Greedy perhaps ?


remember this the next time you see some idiot trying to act all 'holier-than-thou' over you pirating a Nintendo game, remember this when you see your favorite Nintendo franchise get a new game and you think you might want to support them/the franchise

pirate everything they touch, fuck 'em

funny thing is: remember back in day, when we did just that: buyed a Wii, modded (first with chips, then came software jail break etc) and played games for free? but they (big N) gained at least the money of the wii punchase... but now, we have switch (console of the generation, by Nintendo standards) and some games run better ON EMULATORS than the original Hardware... so now, we don't even need the hardware (no, really, switch emulators run well even on potatoes) XD

 

[The Catboy]

surprised nintendo didn't lobby for a death sentence

Honestly, same. Guess throwing him in jail is the closest they could get to the public execution that they would have wanted

 

[Kilim]

Deserved.

cringe sheeple