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Hello everyone,
I'm sorry if my question sounds really stupid, but, it intrigues me : can Nintendo really legitimately ban online for consoles with CFW, unauthorized content?
I'm ok with sanctions (i'm not saying ban, because warnings can exist) with people who cheat online to gain advantages, like, for example, extra speed on Mario Kart ONLINE (important word) or other online gamemodes, because they are ruining the game experience for other people who paid. It's like assuring the quality.
But, when it comes to bans console of people with unauthorized content, CFW, Homebrews etc... I don't get how they can be their own judge and say "you have to get sanctions because you can install games without paying them and violate copyrights". They're not judges!
I have an example : when artists put art online, they're not coming into each house with a computer with access to internet to destroy them because they can eventually download their art... And if those people do, they don't burn his house because he eventually got a print of it by himself, without paying the artist. No, artists complaint to the competent autority, to get reparation, and eventually get sanction for the thief. That's how it works, normally (at least in France... where Nintendo still do that). If artists try to act directly by giving sanctions to thiefs, they will get troubles too!
How can Nintendo justify console bans for that ? To bypass justice for copyright infringement?
Thanks for your attention;
I'm sorry if my question sounds really stupid, but, it intrigues me : can Nintendo really legitimately ban online for consoles with CFW, unauthorized content?
I'm ok with sanctions (i'm not saying ban, because warnings can exist) with people who cheat online to gain advantages, like, for example, extra speed on Mario Kart ONLINE (important word) or other online gamemodes, because they are ruining the game experience for other people who paid. It's like assuring the quality.
But, when it comes to bans console of people with unauthorized content, CFW, Homebrews etc... I don't get how they can be their own judge and say "you have to get sanctions because you can install games without paying them and violate copyrights". They're not judges!
I have an example : when artists put art online, they're not coming into each house with a computer with access to internet to destroy them because they can eventually download their art... And if those people do, they don't burn his house because he eventually got a print of it by himself, without paying the artist. No, artists complaint to the competent autority, to get reparation, and eventually get sanction for the thief. That's how it works, normally (at least in France... where Nintendo still do that). If artists try to act directly by giving sanctions to thiefs, they will get troubles too!
How can Nintendo justify console bans for that ? To bypass justice for copyright infringement?
Thanks for your attention;