• UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    You think the Rockstar marketing team is trying to scam people with a shitcoin? I am not shure even greedy CEOs would sign that…

    I mean that and the leaker is German and has been active for a while as it seems

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      3 hours ago

      Also filing legal subpeonas for a marketing campaign could get the involved lawyers fined and disbarred. Judges don’t appreciate their time and taxpayer money being wasted like this.

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      “You think the Rockstar marketing team is trying to scam people with a shitcoin?”

      Absolutely. Did you forget how predatory GTA Online is? Seems absolutely on brand for them to monetize their guerrilla advertising tactics.

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        17 hours ago

        Asking a federal court to subpoena Microsoft and Discord to find the hacker seems less likely for a marketing campaign, though.

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          If the fine is less than the profit they think they’re get, I could see them doing it. Especially for a game about “crime”. They’ve been going out of their way to build max hype to push a $100 game (because the $80 “Gta6 Diet” edition is a joke, just to say “we offered it at less than $100”).

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          It is a crazy subpoena too. It is legally known as a fishing expedition. They know there is a crime but have little information about it. So they cast this massive net to get as many fish as possible hoping that they catch the right one. It sets the precedent that you can accuse a group of people for anything and the courts will bend over for you and give you all of the information possible about them. It’s very bad and scary when your rights mean nothing, and this is infringing the rights of many people protected by many constitutions.