As reported by Torrent Freak, Ryan Daly, the alleged owner of modding company Modded Hardware, has denied any wrongdoing in court — even that he owns and operates the business at all.
Daly mostly responded to the lawsuit’s claims by saying “denied” and otherwise claimed he lacked “sufficient information to either admit or deny the allegations.” His defenses include fair use, invalid copyrights, a lack of standing, fraudulent inducement, an arbitration clause, failure to state a claim, and unjust enrichment.
This guy sounds halfway to SovCit and entirely fucked.
That’s the kind of guy who rushes into the final boss unprepared, isn’t it ?
“LEEROOOOY JENKINSSS!!!”
“It’s a Zelda game. I bet I could beat Ganon with a stick. I mean, I just have to hit him 3 times, right?” - First experience with BOTW
Someone did just that. They somehow got to bowser with only the parachute and killed him with only 3 stars. It was wild
Someone did a dark souls no hit run, level 0, weapon level 0, any%. Anything is possible.
Ah yes, face up against one of the most litigious companies on the planet without a lawyer or any discernible legal experience of your own to speak of. I’m sure that’ll work real well.
Nintendo Switch Modder Who Refused to Shut Down Now Takes to Court Against Nintendo
Yeah!
Without a Lawyer
… idiot.
The absolute scenes if this guy wins.
Yuzu devs and others be like “we could’ve easily won?”.
(I know, not happening)
Sorry, my guy seems like a nit wit all the way up and down.
If you want to sell mods as a side hustle that’s great, but don’t form a company with the explicit enterprise of infringing the rights of one of the largest and most litigious rights holders in the world.
infringing their claimed rights
Here’s the origin article from torrentfreak. https://torrentfreak.com/modded-hardware-defendant-denies-nintendos-copyright-claims-in-court-241006/
Shitty IGN is just re-reporting based on torrent freak with less info.
There is no justice for poor man in this world
F
The only way he wins this is by Nintendos lawyers disappearing under mysterious circumstances.
You know what you gotta do
Someone get me a shimmering blanket, old wardrobe and a sexy assistant
Wizards vs ninjas
alleging it “not only offers the hardware and firmware to create and play pirated games” but also provides “customers with copies of pirated Nintendo games.”
I can see a world where he can offer hardware and firmware, with claims of other intended purposes.
But the second part wherehe provides customers with pirated software is a slam dunk for nintendo.
-There’s a good chance you can beat Nintendo, but you’ve got to visualize how you’re going to win, okay?
-Gotcha…
A CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT HAS APPARENTLY FELLED NINTENDO’S LAWYER MOMENTS BEFORE THEY COULD STEP INTO THE COURTROOMIt’s super effective.
If they win is going to be a very bad day for Nintendo.
And it’s not that imposible. As these kind of companies operate on the principle that “small” people would never go to court after them, so they don’t care if they actually have legal ground.
The guy even denies he owns his own business, I doubt he’ll do anything worthwhile in court.
IANAL, but I don’t think he’s claiming he doesn’t own the business, but that the “offers for sale a variety of products and services designed to circumvent and bypass Nintendo’s TPMs” is wrong. The only argument I can see at this point is “The TPM ceases to be Nintendo’s after the customer purchases it”. I have no idea if that’s his angle or if it’s a solid argument.
Anything’s possible, but…
I have a feeling that the people who are just smart and capable enough to pull this off without any prior legal training or experience are also smart and capable enough to realize how incredibly bad an idea it would be to try in the first place.
If you’re going to fight the case on principle, then it is a no-brainer to hire at least some sort of legal representation. In terms of expected value, I imagine that it’s practically buying free money, at least up to a point.
Lawyers don’t even try to represent themselves if they’re taken to court. They’ll be the first to tell you you need a lawyer no matter who you are. There’s no scenario where it isn’t a bad idea to try to represent yourself.
I wonder if there’s any side benefits that if Nintendo destroy a mentally ill man’s life, they experience a PR backlash.
This is going to end well… /s
I know he wont win but i hope he does anyway. Or at least does something outrageous for entertainment.
