a decent accountant could persuasively argue those free consoles were payment.
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Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 5 days agoYeah, it’s weird bcs as I understand that copyright law from 1941 it’s for the actual distribution, and if he never got paid by anyone in the distribution chain (tho as understand he did get some free consoles to review), then he wasn’t part of it - just filming himself saying what can be bought on the market.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 days ago
MolochAlter@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The exact specifics change country by country, in Italy there are a lot of horseshit rules around it because one of the most powerful unions lobbies (our equivalent of the RIAA) for more exclusive control over media at every chance they get, to the point that you’re not allowed to distribute even your own media through physical sales without paying a cut.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I would have your mafia people (RIAA) meet their mafia people (Nintendo) & let them fight.
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MolochAlter@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Nintendo products have their union sale sticker on so I think they met and our guys won.