• FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    As far as large corporations being able to sue you and get the cops to harass you the US may actually be worse.

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      6 months ago

      Jesus fucking christ always this comment 🙄

      “Well in the US they put a lady on the rack for reviewing a song in spotify. It’s not true but it’s true because I know it!”

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        6 months ago

        Nintendo literally shut down a company last month for developing an emulator for the switch just by having more money.

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          6 months ago

          Nintendo is a Japanese company. They settled out of court. The US legal system did not get involved…

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            6 months ago

            Yea, it did. In most countries if you threaten to sue someone for something like this the judge would just laugh you out if the court room. What Nintendo did was threaten them with a lengthy legal battle they had no means to pay for and the options were to just shut down and declare bankruptcy or have Nintendo drain their funds and then declare bancruptcy. There was no other outcome because of how the US system of you can sue anyone for anything works.