It also claimed these websites had seen cumulative downloads of 3.2m in just three months this year - from 28th February and 28th May - resulting “in an estimated loss of $170m”.
In other words:
They assumed that every download was by someone who would otherwise have paid over 53 USD for it, which by itself is an absurd delusion.
They described imaginary money that they never had in the first place as “losses”, which is a plain lie. You can’t lose something that you never had.
Given that both these blatant falsehoods match the propaganda that big media parasite corporations started pushing a few decades ago, it seems pretty clear who the taxpayer-funded FBI is working for.
Fuuuuuck Nintendo. No one hates their fans more than Nintendo.
They are bricking brand new consoles, locking their USB ports to approved hardware, charging for the tech demo that would customarily be free on an $800 device. And that’s just this year.
I refused to buy anything Sony due to the dodgy shit from the PS3 days. And that’s anything, no TV’s or phones. Nothing. If a film is made by Sony I don’t go to the cinema to see it.
Microsoft is the same. I have only once bought anything from Microsoft and that was a licence for a windows operating system but I can’t even remember which version it was. I know it was from before Windows7. However, never again.
Bummer, I used that site a lot back when there were actual Switch games I wanted to play. Guess I’ll have to get Metroid Prime 4 elsewhere when the time comes!
I love how they always try to pull the same bull that if the only way to obtain something like a ROM was through legal means that these companies would suddenly see a surge of millions more in revenue.
It’s just as absurd as the people who say that thoughts and prayers alone will eventually end all school shootings in America.
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In other words:
Given that both these blatant falsehoods match the propaganda that big media parasite corporations started pushing a few decades ago, it seems pretty clear who the taxpayer-funded FBI is working for.
So Nintendo is gonna become richer by that amount in just 3 months?
Fuuuuuck Nintendo. No one hates their fans more than Nintendo.
They are bricking brand new consoles, locking their USB ports to approved hardware, charging for the tech demo that would customarily be free on an $800 device. And that’s just this year.
I refused to buy anything Sony due to the dodgy shit from the PS3 days. And that’s anything, no TV’s or phones. Nothing. If a film is made by Sony I don’t go to the cinema to see it.
Microsoft is the same. I have only once bought anything from Microsoft and that was a licence for a windows operating system but I can’t even remember which version it was. I know it was from before Windows7. However, never again.
And now Nintendo is on my shit list.
cc site still works. nsw2u 1 : 0 fbi
Focusing on the important issues…
Like installing fascism in 🇺🇲
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Lol. Perception becomes peoples reality.
They are also abducting citizens, just cause.
Once more for those in the back.
You.
Will.
Not.
Stop.
Piracy.
169,999,930. I was never gonna buy that zelda game anyways. So no money was lost.
Good old ”download equals a sale” rhetoric still doing a lot of work in these headlines. It’s been decades.
Do they only target torrent sites or something? Because there’s places that have been around for decades that are still up and fine.
Usually just fools from the USA hosting within the USA under their real names and payment information.
No. The one they are talking about seizing most recently served torrents, but also had direct file listings to ROMs.
TPB is basically immortal. Any instance taken down can be back up in minutes. It’s a game of whack-a-mole you can never win.
Seems that way now, but just imagine AI… Once we ChatGPT our investigations, the pirates will all be caught so super-fast. Give us money, please.
Yeah, there’s dozens of mirrors up at all times
What losses? Why do these people assume that pirates were ever going to purchase the goods they pirated?
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So now the company will have ~100m extra revenue in the next 3 months? Right? Right?
Bummer, I used that site a lot back when there were actual Switch games I wanted to play. Guess I’ll have to get Metroid Prime 4 elsewhere when the time comes!
I love how they always try to pull the same bull that if the only way to obtain something like a ROM was through legal means that these companies would suddenly see a surge of millions more in revenue.
It’s just as absurd as the people who say that thoughts and prayers alone will eventually end all school shootings in America.
The government fights this hard over labor’s lost wages too, right?
Just chuckled at the idea of the FBI doing something valuable for society.