> As a part of that agreement, Bowser now has to send Nintendo 20-30% of any money left over after he pays for necessities such as rent.
> Bowser has now managed to secure housing, and he thinks that after rent, he has a couple of hundred dollars leftover for food and other necessities. He assumes he’ll be turning to food support services.
Nintendo's not being compensated any meaningful amount. This is nothing more than a lifelong public flogging. And for what?
I'm not pretending that Nintendo is the justice system, although I will admit that the US legal system does confuse me!
The point was that if you have deeper pockets than your opponent then you're able to leverage the legal system to make life hard and stressful for them.
Nintendo has deep pockets and the will to go after anyone it considers a threat to its business model.
> Bowser has now managed to secure housing, and he thinks that after rent, he has a couple of hundred dollars leftover for food and other necessities. He assumes he’ll be turning to food support services.
Nintendo's not being compensated any meaningful amount. This is nothing more than a lifelong public flogging. And for what?