Nintendo Wii Modchip Case on People's Court

[hoodedreaper87]

Yea I'm pretty sure if the judge knew the chip was for pirated games and not just "freeware" she'd dismiss the case.

[halo3fan101]

haha holding his wii hostage man this show is funny

[TheGreenWaver]

I would have done it for 25€ plus 100 free games. 160? That price it's too damn high!

[thisisntagoodname]

Does the Plaintiff know it's pretty much illegal to download the games he intends to get? XD

Nintendo would be shaking their heads over this whole case. XD

[syoungblood256]

what's a consecutive? just shows us the truth about the intelligence level of gamers.

[romthunder]

softmod....does the same FOR 0 DOLLAR XD and no hassle with with opening the fucking console lolz

[TheDbarr]

This is so illegal.

[skmanga]

lmao "what wii are they smoking"

this is a fucking joke and that "judge"is even more of a fucking joke...

Arent you supposed to put personal judgements aside as a "judge"?

dumb bitch...

[monkeylazer]

@skmanga I doubt you went to law school. So I doubt you would know the law. STFU please.

[skmanga]

@monkeylazer has nothing to do with the law...

problem is when people in power cant put aside any personal feelings or preferences.

In a position as a judge why does it matter what one does with their property??

I could buy a wii and fill it with gay porn why is it anyones business??

This judge seems to have personal issues against the man with the wii.

Maybe she's bought one too many $60 games that her kids dont appreciate, and feels stupid that mr.wii gets em for free...

[skmanga]

@skmanga like an angry cop taking his frustrations out on an innocent civilian..

the "law" needs to stop pretending its something its not....

[skmanga]

dirty greedy jew!

[zKrellyn]

Still hate the guy at the end. Forces his opinion on people all the time.

[skmanga]

@zKrellyn tryin to get that last bit of emotion out of a finished case...

would be awesome if someone punched him in the face...

[McKernan0505]

hey bitch judge, stop looking at the people and making the people in the case look like idiots!!!!!!!!!!! she bitch!

[McKernan0505]

that judge is a bitch would she stop interrupting them!!!!!! jeeeeeezus!!!!!

[BredasFinest]

scripted and fake, also arent modchips illegal ? hopes nintendo sues him lol

[mikeyx11]

@BredasFinest It is not fake, and it is not scripted. All the judges are real judges, and all the cases are real.

Modchips are no more illegal than having copyright protected videos of The People's Court on YouTube.

[urliberation]

The plaintiff shoulda spent the $240 on another dead animal to wear on his head.

[lovemejb101]

LOL did anybody notice that the dude in the audience with the gray sweater was laughing at the poor guy ( plaintiff ) cuz of how he talked ?

[YamatoHenge]

OMG WHO dressed the plantiff?? Yellow shirt,pink tie and a pair of checkered pants! AND WAIT FOR IT A WIG!!!!  ROFLMAO! :o)

[Songsmirth]

By the way. The D reminds me of a character who use to be on, "Saturday Night Life." "Here he comes to save the day. . " He also played on, "Taxi." Andy. . Anyone remember who I'm trying to think of? Had the same crazy eyes. Thanks

[UnfortunateWill]

@Songsmirth You mean Andy Kaufman?

[Songsmirth]

@UnfortunateWill Yes! Thanks. It was bugging me.  lol Songs

[Songsmirth]

Do you notice that all of the audience are young people? Why is that? / The judge needs a computer consultant on this. Sounds to me that he wanted an illegal chip put in this unit to download games for free. Is that right? And why didn't get get a quote first? He took it even after the man said he was going to charge him $160.00. Why if he thought it was too much? There seems to be other things going on here. Why didn't the P bring one of his kids to help?

[routhoula]

upgrade chip?! BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH­AHAHAHA hey mister iwata got you a nice catch over here xD

[vvBothHandsVV]

is he reading testimony!

[RightTriggerGames]

The guy who the wii belongs to is the definition of brony.

[teflondon91]

remove the chip and no more pirated games for you.

[youatemyenchalada666]

defendant looks like a rapist, just saying.

[ninendowii2000]

guess what , plantiff , if your wii gets banned, you can not sue sorry ,

[ninendowii2000]

i think the judge should have looked at the nintnedo terms of use during this case obviously , he gonna profit off getting games for free ,

[ninendowii2000]

wow she didnt know thats illegal any way! wow , some judge, hey millian  you know its illegal to download games on a modded wii right, nintendo should see this shit real fast haha

[MsCleanandclear]

IT'S FREAKIN WII!!!!!!

GET OVER IT!

[roxannadekrakatoa]

I know those dudes! I didn't know they were in court.

They're both nice guys. :(

[butterskullz]

HA!!!!!!!!!!!!! he said wiwi ;D

[86HillyBilly]

WTF...$160 for a freakin' softmod!

Yes, I know, they keep mentioning a chip. But what Mr. Pinky doesn't *get* is there was never a chip installed into his console. The guy softmodded it, threw in an HDD, and charged him $160 for some software he got for free.

I don't see anything wrong with charging for his labor but there is no way he lost $160 worth of his time to softmod this guys console. Hell I softmod consoles for people all the time, and I usually only charge $20 as it is piss easy.

[nero91]

holy shit, a walking stereotype.

TWO walking stereotypes!

[ManlytearsUK]

I bet it wasn't even chipped I can mod a Wii in under 10 mins soft modding and the guy is charging 150 dollars for that?

AHAHAHAHAHAH FUCKING JEWS MAN KILL EM ALL I SAY!

[dealerwealer]

"Doing this little Kamikaze maneuver"

Bitch, please! Softmodding's the way to go.

[Valdris1987]

defendant is obviously a fucking kike

[Steamboatwilly123]

The last message from the show at 13:40 or something states that the money awarded gets paid from a fund. The rest of the fund gets divided equally. So what this these neighbours do? Come up with a stupid case, show it on national tv and make a few extra bucks. There's no Wii because there's no receipt. There is no evidence of there ever being a Wii. The jew just played his part a little better, the other guy just didn't understand what was going on. Case closed.

[TheSinjingideon]

mod chip are illeagle

[TeamRevolutionary]

xD softmoding saved me a crap ton of money and trouble

[rollyrama2009]

lol! what wii are they smoking!!! at 8:20!

[SalseroCPA]

Whats wrong with the Plaintiff? He asked his friend to buy him something (Chip), then he takes it, plays with it for a month and half, and then he does not want to pay for it? Saying that its not working? If I ask you to buy me a carton of milk, and the milk is bad, do I have the right not to pay you for the milk? WFT?

[chazzyMooMoo]

Who cares about the Wii.  I just want to see the judge naked!

[ItsFrankieBoy]

The plaintiff has the biggest head of heair Ive ever seen.

[Kousaburo]

HA HA HA! Tommy Wiseau!

"You're tearing me apart Judge!"

[cnorton03]

I hate watching illegal immigrants on these type of shows who cant even speak and the judge has to comment every second for clarification. Very annoying...DEPORT

[BludnmunyProductions]

@cnorton03 If he was an illegal immigrant he wouldn't be on a court show -_-

[mangolassi2k6]

11:20 the other judge is judge judy

[camillo1234]

hahahaah it's so fun to watch these with the CC on

[Willettes1]

modifying things to be able to pirate isn't illegal

piracy is

just like

Owning a gun and knowing how to use it isn't illegal

but killing someone is

[realkman666]

Is this fucking serious?

[yadig513]

╭∩╮（︶︿︶）╭∩╮

[4LackOfaBetterNam3]

is this legit?

[ThreeDaysOfDan]

lmfao , aint this shit illegal?

[soul71000]

lol.

[thizzics1]

Dumb faggots do it ur self

[blackdeadtree1]

" Acused of being a gamer". this is just so fucking retarded. so acording to american tv consecutives pricks, being a gamer is like being a rapist or a mass murderer. what the shit. this crap makes europe look good

[ThreeDaysOfDan]

@blackdeadtree1 yea lol, once my cousin said that and was talking a shit about me and i straight out said, least i dont smoke pot, right awhile we wer eating XD nigga got grounded and his parents dont let him go out any more

[amadis8487]

@blackdeadtree1 I think, considering the show's history of using puns, they mean gamer in the sense of the phrase 'gaming the system' or something of the like. Just sayin'

[mikeyx11]

@blackdeadtree1 In the English language, many words have multiple meanings, including "gamer". Although the case is about a video game system, the context in which the word "gamer" was used is not referring to one who plays video games. It was a pun.

[b00353]

only in America oh dear.........

[limozeen64]

Can't you just soft mod your wii with the home brew channel?

[sonickun95]

@limozeen64 Yeah, but u know, some people are retarded xD i prefer SoftMod over chips, its easier for noobs and MUCH cheaper :)

[chaserthewolf]

...L....o.....l.....

[Groome007]

I think the plaintiff modchipped his hair

[ShadnicThe]

LOL The plaintiff sounds like my dad XD

[Imogen1885]

Is the plaintiiff wearing a wig?

[umirinaesthetics]

3:20 "it's a new machine and you're a virgin and that's that it costs"

[pepmiman]

That teen girl on the right side of the court room is stealing the show. XD

She always catches my attention.

[AvEryBadApPLe]

that's one mean rug. >_<

[darroni123]

Buy a Ps3, problem solved

[bobdan103]

wtf wii modchip costs $160? The most expensive mod is the wii wode jukebox and its like $80.

[axelfoley20]

@bobdan103 yeah the mod chip is cheap but what about the guy's labour too. I think this price is fine.  This plantiff is an idiot.

[bobdan103]

@axelfoley20 what labor? I put a drivekey in my wii and it took me like 10 mins todo. Wasn't hard at all.

[thelixir715]

hard drive? lol'd

[ollielegend14]

this judge is far better than judge judy, angry at morons, but reasonable to regular people

[tehDman]

WITH JEWS YOU LOSE

[waxonandreluis]

@tehDman how do you know his a jew ?

[iggyblack]

i liked the part where Tommy's cousin said "You are tearing me apart judge!!"

[TheKoreanMV]

The guy with pink tie is weird ! Omg , putting something illegal in a machine is not right. Just imagine. $160 but then have all games for free ! I guess pink tie guy is not good at math! Beside, don't let ,obey ruin friends relationship! And other guy seem nice ! Gosh people

[GrabbinSomeHAX]

ITS MEXICAN FRED WILLARD!!! WOO

[GrabbinSomeHAX]

i also fucking hate that announcer guy whose on TMZ because he helps make america a fucking shithole and all the noobs who talk about how great their wii is when they dont even realize what else is out there....THIS IS AMERICA PEOPLE!!! A BUNCH OF CLOSED MINDED CATTLE FOLLOWING THE HERD ..lol (rant complete)

[GrabbinSomeHAX]

somone should tell these retards about homebrew

[seka1986]

Are these guys in a sitcom?

[seka1986]

Do you like the yellow shirt and pink tie?

[TheRenaldo]

I love this Judge but the jerk-off with the mike outside the courtroom is a straight up ASS! Why don't you shut up and let the people answer one question?? do you need to be "on Stage" so badly the we the people have to suffer your stupid and lame approach to post courtroom comments?? Go to a karioke bar if you need to warble!

Mkay??

[naughtynaez]

Lol the Defendant has the bleary eyes of a gamer. My friend chips wiis for free and has heaps of free downloads too. Just find a nicer guy lol.

[tommy1973able]

hhahahahah what are the laws in the states 4 downloading from piratesites?

[lawnsausages]

Oy vey... all that kvetching and they end up where they started from.

[deepshockonYT]

Silly announcer. Wiis don't have hard drives. :3

[Krypticflask]

What wii are they smokin?

[SuperKaizoku1138]

@SalseroCPA I'll just plead the 5th on that. :P

[weirdnessofthem]

@SalseroCPA Read the Fair use law plz

[BL8DRUNN3R]

@SalseroCPA theres thousands of peoples court videos on youtube. Its not that big of a big deal, calm the fuck down.

[kaasis85]

@SalseroCPA

and what you gonna if the video is not taken down internet copyright hero guy?

[substatic258]

@SalseroCPA shut the fuck up. dumbass.

[giriisindahouse]

@SalseroCPA Lol anyway I think they encourage people to post it for publicity reasons looking at how they took time to open a channel on Youtube and post all the cases.

[SalseroCPA]

@giriisindahouse Cool! I remember looking for a People's Court Channel a while back and couldn't find one. Thanks.

[BludnmunyProductions]

@SalseroCPA Actually he used this under accordance of "criticism" under the Fair Use policy of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1977. Get your facts straight before you troll.

[qwertyuiop1st]

why i hate america....

(love the 10 strong paid crowd XD)

[getawii4free]

BigOlePappy It can take up to six weeks for shipping

[malscyllis]

wow where's judge Judy?

[igrenade]

some of the chicks in there are actually cute for once

[Necrophonica]

the girl on the right is mesmerizing

[deanduke27]

Man, Voice-over Guy is awful.

[xbry89x]

Torrentfreak.

[XenK64]

For once, I actually want to dislike a vid.

[WigglyMalmsteam]

We assume they are pirating but there was no mention of the copying of retail games.

Free games do not imply piracy, and the judge can't rule on this assumption.

The judge doesn't understand the technical aspects so it was not questioned.

I'm surprised the issue of copyright circumvention was not mentioned, but ultimately I couldn't care less what he does with his console. Big whoop.

At the very least I would like them to acknowledge that it's a shaky legal area. They don't seem to understand.

[ZaneArcher]

@WigglyMalmsteam Well, what other kind of 'free' games that have 'expensive' versions can be played from mod chips? Plaintiff mentioned he wants cheaper games instead of paying the expensive price for them, defendant mentions the purpose of the chip is to 'allow' you to play free games which implies you're not normally 'allowed' to play those games. If some guy was suing someone for stealing his marijuana and took it to court I'd be amused.

[SalseroCPA]

@ZaneArcher This all case makes no sense to me.

1. Wii do not have hard drives. 

2. Who sells games for $3?

3. Modchip do not gives the wii the ability to download pirated games.

4. It is not illegal to download and play Homebrew games. ("FREE Games")

[ZaneArcher]

@SalseroCPA 1. Idk the point in that statement. 2. Some people burn iso's and sell them to less witty people, 3 modchips give console the ability to play pirated games and 4 I already said he mentioned he wanted games cheap instead of paying the expensive price(if it's expensive in the 1st place it wouldn't be a home brew game). Imo this case is just 2 cheapskates trying to rip eachother off.

[SalseroCPA]

@ZaneArcher DVD's cost about $4 each, why would anyone sell them for $3? Where is the profit?

[bigsick13]

@SalseroCPA what wii are you smoking? you could get a 50 pack of dvd-rs for like 10 bucks or less.

[ZaneArcher]

@bigsick13 Thumbs up, I was just about to say I got bought a 50 pack of 4.7gb DVD-R's for 13nzd(less than 10usd).

[kaasis85]

Circumvention of copyright systems is illegal in some countries - that includes chipping of consoles.

[Rolie619]

@WigglyMalmsteam He said games cost much so this is cheaper. that is piracy.

[tomniggah]

im a bit after halfway and still wondering why the judge still didnt notice it was piracy

[00tommot00]

The judge doesn't care that they're pirating?

[666crackhure666]

Jews, Jews everywhere.

[MartMadison]

is this real?

[95Gabe]

What a waste of internet................

[Nick87F]

OH! This is NOT a parody!?

Oh god, america :/

[eklipsegirl]

@Nick87F this IS a parody. 

[flamingronin]

This is surreal

[funk192]

Is the plaintiff wearing a wig?

[changoTCL]

@SalseroCPA He also said that games are expensive, but if you have the chip, you don't have to pay for them. This was in reference to retail games. These guys are fucking idiots, we can rightfully assume that they were not playing homebrew, but retail games. But regardless, that's a moot point. The chip itself is illegal federally per the DMCA due to its ability to circumvent copyright protection, regardless of if its being used to play legal games or not.

[FishnGrease]

@changoTCL Spot on.

[djanheuser]

I can't believe this is real. I thought I was watching Mad TV at first. I guess it's been a while since I saw the People's Court. I didn't realize it was such a freak show.

[EvilGenius447]

This video is an example if how little some people know about video games. Only in America.........

[embracethe12]

that chick in the back is hot as fuck

you all know who i'm talkin about

[funk192]

@embracethe12 Yeah the one is the black sweater, but the others are pretty hot too.

[defhead2]

Yellow shirt, pink tie with ugly head alert

[narutokhinuyasha]

*facepalm*

This cannot POSSIBLY be real, can it!?

[Timstuff]

The judge never even bats an eye at their claim that the chip allows them to "download free games." LOL!

[changoTCL]

@silentoneL In the United States, owning, installing, and operating a device which can circumvent copyright protection, regardless of your intentions, is a federal crime per the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

[nachtvolger]

that's what you call bad research about the cases, shows how much justice lacks

[mathers3000]

they are all guilty including the judge for being completely ignorant of the situation.

[dacisco101]

who buys a wii?

[pakkeman]

Oh my :')

Only in the US.

[ScottTheAtheist]

Special chip to upgrade the hard drive? what?? ahahahah. The wii doesn't have a hard drive, and you don't even need a chip.

[tomdoml]

everytime they mention the chip alows them to play downloaded games they speak faster and try to change the topic LOL. THEY KNOW ITS A NO NO!!!!! hahaha

[DissidentGenro]

"Ok so, Who has a Wii here?"

*One person puts their hand up*

[asaphelps2]

He's being accused of being a ... GAMER *rimshot*

[DMANpictures]

I love how half of the teenage audience is trying to hold their laughter in.

[sacmienboi916]

8:43 is that guy from tmz?

[acicon]

@sacmienboi916 yep

"I'm a lawyer!"

[sacmienboi916]

@acicon ??? wat??

[acicon]

@sacmienboi916 isn't that what he says at the end of every TMZ episode?.....

[sacmienboi916]

@acicon o really? lol i never watch it all till the end. i just think tmz is a way to attack celebs.

[ise1880]

I can't believe this stupid shit...

[evenmorebetter]

lol piracy

[SpooderW]

TOMMY WISEAU!!!

[RonDubs140]

Fair Resolution? Both these asshole get sued by Nintendo. Hows that... Why does no one say, "Hey its piracy"? Un-freaking-believable.

[Omatic810]

@RonDubs140

Because there's no evidence of actual piracy. They can talk about "$3 games" and "free games" all they want, but when it comes to court, evidence is what matters. Since you're distorting the "fair resolution" idea, what'd be more fair is if the plaintiff had enough money to support his family and not need to resort to this method of game acquisition.

[RonDubs140]

@Omatic810 Or... Don't buy the system if you can't afford it.. Its wrong, its stealing. There is no reason to do it. Also, they said it in court they are gunna download games for free... they admitted it ON TV. There is your "evidence"

[Omatic810]

@RonDubs140

1) It's not stealing, it's copyright infringement. Those aren't the same thing. Saying you're going to do something and actually doing it are two different things. In addition, they never said they are going to download retail games that would otherwise have to be bought. The burden of proof is on the accuser. Just because we all assuming they're going to pirate retail games in violation of copyright, doesn't mean they can be charged legally for it based on your evidence.

[SatoshiMatrix1]

@RonDubs140 modchips themselves aren't illegal and the worst nintendo could do is tell them the warranty was void. Now if there was buying/selling of pirated games, then there would be a legal case nintendo could go for.

[RonDubs140]

@SatoshiMatrix1 Once you install a mod you violate the terms of use. You have then lost the right to use the system the same way every one else does. Thanks to Nintendos fantastic security system they cant really enforce it. Microsoft did a bunch of bans a few years back and did console bans on modded systems and people had the balls to fight it in court. Its in the Terms of Use dude. You CANNOT modify the system. Don't defend these two guys. We all know what there doing.

[biakuya]

dumbass americans wasting public money and time on such trivial retarded matters.

[KyubiStewie]

@biakuya Instead they could use that money to donate to Public Television and not for this bullshit.

[manofaluminum9000]

@biakuya hey, 'merrikuh is one of thu best durn countries there ever been!

[bobshdtest]

One word... RETARDED

[trahh]

"WHAT WII ARE THEY SMOKIN? THE TESTAMONY CONTINUES?"

this show is too good

and isnt that the guy from that TMZ show for the reporter?

[xCsl12]

"He's accused of being a GAMER" I love how that announcer said that haha