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Here's why that embattled retro gaming YouTuber might not be so innocent (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Big whoop. He linked to ROM sites on his blog. You can still buy those consoles (and rom packs) from Amazon who’s actually profiting from all this

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    He was selling them outright via Facebook / Telegram. I’ll speculate a little bit - it’s likely it wasn’t taxed which is why he was singled out.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    So more a tax issue / income gap rather than copyright infringement?

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago

    No idea but in Europe copyright law doesn’t seem to be enforced as much against little guys but taxman will come for everyone. That YouTuber seems to be a grifter, collecting money for his defense while also making money off a Telegram shop. He knew he could make things up and people (and „journalists”!) would fall for it because Nintendo bad.

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