jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAlleged Switch modder takes on Nintendo’s legal might without a lawyerarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down12
arrow-up1399arrow-down1external-linkAlleged Switch modder takes on Nintendo’s legal might without a lawyerarstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squaredufkm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·12 hours agoThat would be a nice legal loophole for a corporation. Bribe someone to lose a court case without council, and then use that case as legal precedent for future cases.
minus-squareThe HobbyistlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoindeed! so there must be more to this. So how does it actually work?
minus-squareshastaxc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoA judge can choose to ignore precedent.
That would be a nice legal loophole for a corporation. Bribe someone to lose a court case without council, and then use that case as legal precedent for future cases.
indeed! so there must be more to this. So how does it actually work?
A judge can choose to ignore precedent.