Nintendo Hacker Freed, Now Owes Them 25-30% of Salary for Life
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Re: Nintendo Hacker Freed, Now Owes Them 25-30% of Salary for Life
#2Doesn’t he owe them a specific dollar amount, and the 25-30% is essentially a lien?
Re: Nintendo Hacker Freed, Now Owes Them 25-30% of Salary for Life
#3That's one way of putting "$14.5 million settlement".
Re: Nintendo Hacker Freed, Now Owes Them 25-30% of Salary for Life
#4That's one way of putting "$14.5 million settlement".
Arguably it's a more realistic view of the punishment.
Re: Nintendo Hacker Freed, Now Owes Them 25-30% of Salary for Life
#5Anyone have more detail about the case against Bowser? Was it purely a DMCA copyright circumvention case? Did he sell pirated material? On the face of it the damages awarded is ridiculous for a private middle class individual. Reminds me of the old RIAA downloading lawsuits, where they requested outrageous damages in an effort to scare defendants and hopefully set precedent.
Re: Nintendo Hacker Freed, Now Owes Them 25-30% of Salary for Life
#6Doesn’t he owe them a specific dollar amount, and the 25-30% is essentially a lien?
I'm sure that difference is very important to him.
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#7Re: Nintendo Hacker Freed, Now Owes Them 25-30% of Salary for Life
#8Sad there are so few patrons and nations willing to be like, you did good, fuck this jackal ass corporation and vile legal system, come hang out & chill in our nice non extradition territory where we'll support you, good person.
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#9Just to be clear, this is not indentured servitude. If he somehow manages to pay back the multimillion dollar damages award that he owes them, he would be free and clear. This is more like a cap on how much of his salary will go toward paying off this debt.
> With $14.5 million dollars in damages to his name, Bowser may have been released from prison, but the looming specter on Nintendo still stands tall. As Bowser explains in the above video, he will have to pay the company back on a monthly basis, sending “25-30%” of his gross monthly income to Nintendo.
Since this is gross pay, he's not getting credit for taxes owing on the amount that he sends to Nintendo. It isn't clear how interest is calculated. Even a generously small interest rate would make it pretty hard to pay this back 3% would be over $400k per year, just for the interest.
Re: Nintendo Hacker Freed, Now Owes Them 25-30% of Salary for Life
#10Sad there are so few patrons and nations willing to be like, you did good, fuck this jackal ass corporation and vile legal system, come hang out & chill in our nice non extradition territory where we'll support you, good person.
Interesting point. The headline refers to "salary" but the article refers to "income". The former is narrower than the latter, but both would exclude gifts, which are not considered income from a tax perspective.
I wonder what would happen if someone set up a GoFundMe that people could donate to. Gift tax wouldn't be implicated (that only applies when a single donor gives more than $16k to a single donee), and the transfer would not be income (at least so far as the tax code definition is concerned).