Here's why that embattled retro gaming YouTuber might not be so innocent
https://www.androidauthority.com/once-were-nerd-youtuber-not-innocent-3579610/Open linkView original on sopuli.xyzhttps://www.androidauthority.com/once-were-nerd-youtuber-not-innocent-3579610/Open linkView original on sopuli.xyz
It still makes no sense at all. Those handhelds are openly sold at Amazon, even from European warehouses. If you want to prevent the selling of ROMs, you have to tackle this problem and not some random YouTuber who maybe linked to a few Romsites or sold some via Telegram.
Easier to go after one guy then after a Chinese company
Amazon is not a Chinese company.
Oh I assumed you wanted them to go after the manufacturers as they are the root of this practice. But I'd assume they'd rather go after any Chinese company then try and go after the moloch that is Amazon.
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
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.
ahh, missed that. That makes more sense
So more a tax issue / income gap rather than copyright infringement?
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.
It sucks that they are being singled out but when you publicise links to copyrighted material you are asking for trouble.