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[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 93 points 2 months ago (1 children)

On the bright side, they're unlikely to see a penny from it, and have incurred lawyer costs and time.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

True. Hopefully they spent lots on outside law firms. They'll get paid unless they stupidly said they'll just take a cut of the damages, like injury firms do.

[–] irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago

It's likely already budgeted for, so if it wasn't used for this attack, it would have gone to another fruitless attack. It's how they do business these days. The money isn't important. It's keeping the illusion of risk to pirating and thus illusion of value of their product. Basically, part of their marketing budget.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago

I'm sure it'll be a tax right off