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[Choppasmith]

Just happened to catch this on TV today, thought I'd record it and share.

A guy get's his friend to put in a modchip in his Wii in order to "Download games for 3$ instead of $60"

Kinda funny to see how EVERYONE's clueless on the matter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRuBes2JSQo

For the record Judge Judy > People's Court.

 

[-COOLIO-]

"he's accused of being... a gamer"

:lol

 

[grap3fruitman]

This is funny but I can't watch these things without my head hurting. What happens?

 

[Shanlei91]

Dear god, can someone please make a gif of the defendant's shifty eyes while they're introducing him?!

 

[-COOLIO-]

Dear god, can someone please make a gif of the defendant's shifty eyes while they're introducing him?!

someone needs to gif the judges reaction when she realizes how illegal the 'downloading cheap games' explanation sounds

 

[NintendoGal]

Wow! The defendant admitted what he does with it point blank.

 

[dallow_bg]

So so bad..... but goes to show how the general mom dad user feels about 'a chip to get free games!'

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Uh, can't Nintendo go after these guys or something? Appearing on TV seems incredibly stupid.

 

[IsayFever]

What a baseless accusation to make! Calling him a gamer like that!

 

[PigSpeakers]

Man, I caught a little bit of this in the break room at work today. I didn't get to find out what happened though.

 

[Small Mailman]

"What Wii are they smokin!?"

 

[Noshino]

kamikaze maneuver.... haha, oh man, she would be a great GAF member!

 

[SolidSnakex]

 

[Shanlei91]

Yesss!

 

[MomoPufflet]

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[Ben Morales]

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So good.

 

[To Far Away Times]

I'm getting brain rot just watching this thing.

 

[Emitan]

Well at least we know it's OK to admit to software piracy in front of a judge now. For some reason I was under the impression that it was illegal or something silly like that.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

I love how both of the pirating scumbags phrase what they are using the chip for. It's clear as day that the chip in this case is being used to pirate games. That's not cool at all.

 

[seat]

That judge's voice sounds like a cat crying in agony.

 

[Game Guru]

Well at least we know it's OK to admit to software piracy in front of a judge now. For some reason I was under the impression that it was illegal or something silly like that.

Actually, she was trying the case on someone not getting paid and holding property hostage, not a case on software piracy. Nintendo has to file a separate case, but now they have video evidence! That's just a separate case for another judge.

 

[Naked Prime]

Plaintiff sounds like Oscar from Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Actually, she was trying the case on someone not getting paid and holding property hostage, not a case on software piracy. Nintendo has to file a separate case, but now they have video evidence! That's just a separate case for another judge.

Yup. Also let's be honest here. She probably doesn't have a clue what a WII is much less how it works. That was kind of obvious by the way she talked.

 

[sixteen-bit]

syndicated programing is pretty hilarious

 

[Lost Fragment]

Well at least we know it's OK to admit to software piracy in front of a judge now. For some reason I was under the impression that it was illegal or something silly like that.

It's not an incredibly bright idea. Especially on national television. But if you go up to a cop and start telling them that you're a software pirate, the worst they can do is report you to the owners of the content in question. I'm pretty sure you can't be arrested for it unless you're involved in large-scale distribution.

So, I don't know what you expected them to do since piracy isn't what the case was about. Nintendo would have to file a separate claim, and they probably wouldn't do it on the People's Court.

 

[Shanlei91]

The face of "hmmm" is priceless.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Well at least we know it's OK to admit to software piracy in front of a judge now. For some reason I was under the impression that it was illegal or something silly like that.

Selling and distributing=illegal. I think this could be classed as a civil offense though...

Edit: Wait $60 Wii Games? This isn't Canada, Australia or Europe...or is it a state that has 20% sales tax?

 

[Zeal]

what the fuck....is this. i don't even...

 

[MYE]

OH GOD LOL

What is this shit?
The whole 2nd rate trailer voice intro had me laughing out loud . Fake or not, i'm a fan already lol

 

[krae_man]

I can't believe Marilyn ruled the way she did. They both admitted the chip was for pirating games. Judge Judy would have told them both to get lost because neither had clean hands.

 

[rpmurphy]

Does Harvey still do People's Court? I'd have thought that he would be doing TMZ full time.

 

[Zoe]

Well at least we know it's OK to admit to software piracy in front of a judge now. For some reason I was under the impression that it was illegal or something silly like that.

This isn't real court.

 

[Aaron Strife]

 

[samus i am]

Watching that gave me a headache.

 

[Door2Dawn]

Marilyn Milian is so fucking hot.

 

[phosphor112]

Lol, both of um shoulda been boned. The plaintiff doesn't seem to understand that what his intended use for the modchip was piracy... the defendant is selling his modchip on the basis that it can get you games for "cheap." THAT is illegal, him selling the product for illegal use. Both of them shoulda been ass fucked, but especially the defendant.

 

[Goon Boon]

Just so everyone understands this is just a fancy mediation.