Court documents detailing the sentencing of Nintendo game pirate Gary Bowser have shed new light on how his 40-month sentence was designed to deter others from similar crimes.
Back in February, Bowser was told he would serve 40 months behind bars – more than three years – after pleading guilty to his part in the distribution and sale of piracy-enabling devices.
Now, newly-detailed documentation dug up by Axios and Kotaku has revealed how Nintendo’s lawyers and US district judge Robert Lasnik discussed Bowser’s jail time as a means to set an example – even as Bowser’s own lawyers argued his physical health was at risk, and argued that Bowser had already spent 16 months locked up awaiting trial.
