Soulja Boy is selling consoles, the SouljaGame Console and SouljaGame Handheld

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Selling marked-up rebranded alibaba/aliexpress products is a regular practice. A lot of these cac reviewers goin above and beyond to paint this as some shameful, degenerate shyt. :mjpls:

he famous tho, that's the only reason they going after him. he's so far above water with this hustle.
 

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:rudy:Ima just leave this here for a min

https://mtonews.com/soulja-boy-faces-10-yr-fed-prison-for-fake-game-console

Rapper Soulja Boy may be headed to federal prison - over fake game console

Soulja Boy's has reportedly been contacted by Nintendo, who is threatening to press criminal charges against the Crank That rapper, MTO News has confirmed.

Soulja Boy began selling a "new" game console to fans for $100 two weeks ago. But the console is believed to contain copyrighted games - owned by Nintendo.

In the letter that was sent to Soulja Boy, Nintendo's team suggested that selling the game console may violate the Trademark Counterfeiting Act. And that if it can be proven that he violated the law, Soulja Boy may be subject to substantial prison time.

How much jail time? Well according to the Trademark Counterfeiting Act, "Imprisonment for the first offense up to 10 years and up to 20 years for repeat offenders."

Soulja Boy is best known for the 2007 song “Crank that Soulja Boy.” In recent years, he's been expanding his ventures into technology.

The rapper is now selling his own watch, called the SouljaWatch, and he even put his own handheld game console up for sale. That's where the problem came up.

The Soulja handheld appears to be based on a plug-and-play system that's already sold under a different name. And it also appears to include games from companies like Nintendo.

YouTube creator Madlittlepixel purchased one of the consoles, and reviewed it. During his review, he suggested that Soulja Boy used copyrighted games, without permission.
 

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Did you watch the video? The text of the law authorizes, as a max penalty, 10 years jail time for first-time IP theft. Nintendo wrote was essentially cease and desist (which they do a LOT). IF it goes to a courtroom, they won't pursue jail time, they'll go for a large cash payout to act as deterrent for other piracy companies. That's exactly what happened last month when they won their lawsuit against LoveROMs. I'm a believer that racism drives a lot of hostility in the world..but I don't think this situation's an example of it.
Facts.

Crying racism over this is a damn lie. Don't be that guy.
 

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Some video came up on my youtube that said “souljah biy cannot sell this console” that had 500k views. I called him a snitch and kim
 
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