Fluffy_RuffsYouTuber Faces Possible Jail Time for Reviewing Gaming Handhelds
UlrichYouTuber Faces Possible Jail Time for Reviewing Gaming Handhelds
I’m so tired of these titles “Person arrested for perfectly legal thing”. He wasn’t arrested for reviewing gaming handhelds, he was arrested for copyright infringement.
wizblizzThe most pedantic comment I’ve read all week. Title is fine
Exactly. Copyright infringement? He was reviewing handheld that came with ROMs which is the copyright infringement apparently?
I agree the title is fine because the whole reason why he was arrested because he was reviewing the handheld that had the games on them. That is making an argument out of nothing
the whole reason why he was arrested because he was reviewing the handheld that had the games on them.
I’d love to see you point to an Italian law that states that reviewing handhelds on YouTube is illegal.
Epstein arrested because he flew on planes
People will seriously argue such title was fine.
I understand your concern, potential employer, but I was never arrested for Chicago Sunroofing the Popemobile. There aren’t even any laws that say it’s illegal.
It’s not pedantic. The title not only intentionally misrepresents the situation but it explains absolutely nothing. Reviewing hardware on YouTube is not a crime in any country to my knowledge, so how could he be arrested for it?
I agree, the comment is literally false, just to get more engagement.
And this isn’t a comment abut the arrest (megacorps are always scumbags), just how “journalism” works nowdays.
Is he reviewing the device, or is he reviewing the pirated games?
Dumbfuck.
I don’t understand the question. Which one of those is illegal?
I don’t understand
Yeah that part was abundantly clear.
Good to know you don’t understand it either you fuckin mongoloid.
He couldn’t have been arrested for copyright infringement; that offense was perpetrated by the entity that sold the thing to him, not himself.
That is literally the charge/what they are investigating.
Afaik the difference will come down to if he was ever paid for a review (which would be the difference between a regular consumer buying a thing legally & showing what he bought vs him being part of the promo campaigns by the manufacturer … you know, like Google is).
And if there is no newer specific law (the old one ofc doesn’t explain shit since it’s from pre-computer era), it might come down to him receiving free consoles to review, and maybe having a bunch of SD cards full of ROMs in his apartment.
He can be arrested for anything. If you want to argue that it wasn’t copyright infringement, you’ll have to take it up with the author. That’s what they said.
No, copyright infringement is a criminal offence in this case - there won’t be any Nintendo/Sony lawyers in any part of the investigation or trial.