Aussie to pay Nintendo $1.3M for pirating New Super Mario Wii
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 11:34am by Boss Hog
Kids—piracy is wrong, and it’ll cost you if you’re caught, as one 24-year old gamer discovered this week.
Reports the AFP, “An Australian man has agreed to pay Nintendo 1.3 million US dollars for illegally uploading New Super Mario Bros. Wii to the Internet six days before its global release, the firm said Tuesday.”
How’d they catch ‘em? “Computer forensics experts,” arrrrrrrrr!
February 9th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
He uploaded the worlds/internets FIRST copy of New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
My opinion is that he got off lucky, Nintendo lost far more than 1.3 million due to him.
February 9th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
That’s why you don’t upload, just download.
February 9th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
He agreed to pay it?! Not a lot of 24 year olds have 1.3 million to pay a settlement like that. I wonder what the terms of the payment are, the article didn’t say. I’d imagine it would have to be spread out over a looooong time, unless the kid is incredibly loaded.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Maybe all those folks who *cough* acquired it early should have a whip round for him…
February 10th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
I like how Nintendo thinks that being a douche bag to their fans is going to help their reputation.
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:35 pm
@ J_man86
True fans are not thieves.