Couldn't the real copyright owner just sue the US government and get a payout?
The fact this doesn't seem to be happening suggests that perhaps the copyright owner doesn't care?
Couldn't the real copyright owner just sue the US government and get a payout?
The fact this doesn't seem to be happening suggests that perhaps the copyright owner doesn't care?
This is a very Western-centric way of thinking. The Japanese are culturally oriented toward "saving face" rather than directly confronting things like this. It's very likely that Nintendo approached their own government with private complaints, and the government is handling it diplomatically, rather than Nintendo causing more drama for their company (and country) by immediately suing the US government.
Nintendo specifically is known to sue first, ask questions later. They just like to shake down the little guys, like their own fans.
Nintendo's model relies on the target not fighting back. Suing the US government is unwise for that reason.
That's a very Orientalistic interpretation of what we have, where a Japanese company is understandably afraid of a batshit crazy leader of the world's most powerful nation with a history of exceptionalism and ignoring international laws, so like any other good capitalist organization, they want to solve it through a "gentlemen's agreement" rather than attacking the emperor and risk hurting shareholder values.
And this is its own stereotyped vision coming from, well i don't even know what you're allowed to call it these days but i guess it controls the progressive left now?
1. Trump doesn't care if he costs U.S. taxpayers money. He'd only care if he was personally sued.
2. A foreign party using U.S. courts to sue the U.S. government has always been a dicey proposition. Some parties are more "equal" than others under U.S. law.
3. The current U.S. regime is petty enough to slap retaliatory tariff's on all of Japan (thereby making Americans pay extra for Japanese goods).
Really, there are no carrots or sticks that work on Trump right now. Americans have not yet had their Magna Carta moment.
Or the copyright owner recognises that suing the current administration in court is going to risk other negative consequences and those are not worth the risk. Or perhaps it's just that taking the US government to court is going to cost a lot of money and take years, so "just asking" is the first step.
Or the copyright owner understands that Donald Trump is a crazed dictator who will try to ruin their company if they publicly oppose him.
> Donald Trump is a crazed dictator
Did you feel a dopamine release when you submitted this comment? Honest question.
Are you trying to imply something about the poster? If so you should just directly say it.
You can follow the Trump train or not but at this point I hope it's clear that plenty of people see the lawlessness, open corruption, constant lies, blaming everyone else, and blatant disregard for the constitution as dictator like.
Happy to hear your polite take on why that's ok or misunderstood but asking people if they like posting what they post to try to imply some sort of superiority is blah.
"Dictator" is a word that has a particular meaning. If anyone can use words any which way they like, then why are you arguing with me about the words I use?
> "Dictator" is a word that has a particular meaning.
Indeed it does.
What did you think the definition is?
> Dictator: "a person who behaves in an autocratic way."
I felt a sense of deep sadness that a dictator has seized power in my country. I'm sorry that you're unable to face reality, and I hope when he's gone you'll be able to fully process what's been happening. Those of us who have to take actions in the world don't have the luxury of pretending that the regime in the White House is normal.
He's not a dictator. He hasn't seized power. You're using words to describe situations that do not exist, and you're being supported by a larger brigade of people similarly ignorant.
Please read the history of Stalin, Mao, Mussolini, Pinochet.
You mock and desecrate the suffering of the people who died by the millions under the regimes of real dictators.
Where are the millions of deaths in America? Where are the murders of politicians?
You're listing some of the worst dictators in modern history, and that's just not the right comparison. Please read the history of, like, Pakistan. Pervez Musharraf wasn't very murder happy, but he was clearly a dictator; it would have been very unwise for an Japanese company in 2004 to expect their business in Pakistan to do well after suing him in Pakistani courts.
Please define dictator. Have there been any American presidents that are not dictators under that definition?
I think that sending a mob to the legislature to demand that they overturn the election and install you into power makes you a dictator. Only one American president has done that, and he's pardoned the entire mob so that they can try again in 2029. Of course, I do hope they'll lose in 2029, after which you'll smugly inform me that the fact of his loss proves he was never a threat.
>Did you feel a dopamine release
Quite the opposite. I feel more tired and drained and the current system that hasn't even pretended to put on a mask. As well at at the base continuing to defend them and try to gaslight me as if this is all business as usual.