Baldur’s Gate 3 has made bank for Hasbro, significantly contributing to a 40 percent increase in digital revenue for the company.

  • TWeaK@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Tbf there’s a good chance that story was massively exaggerated and overblown. Like, supposedly they didn’t threaten him at all, and he willingly gave them the cards in exchange for something else. They were after whoever leaked the cards from their supply chain.

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      I don’t know the story, but if it’s something that wasn’t supposed to be released, it’s pretty much definitely stolen property. You’re not entitled to keep stolen property because you think it’s cool, and sending PIs to recover stolen property instead of the police is the nice route.

      Showing property that belongs to someone else online and can’t be acquired legitimately is absolutely grounds for an actual police search warrant.

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        1 year ago

        sending PIs to recover stolen property instead of the police is the nice route.

        Exactly. However being in possession of stolen property is not itself a crime, you just don’t have any right to keep it. If you paid for it, then your claim is against whoever you paid.

        They could have got the police to reclaim the stolen property, however perhaps that might not have been as effective for them in investigating the leak. In any case, the stories about the Pinkertons threatening him might not be true, and he’d have every right to refuse them entry or even to speak to them. The fact that he did suggests he willingly complied.

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          1 year ago

          Knowingly being in possession of stolen property is a crime.

          If there’s no legitimate source and a reasonable person would recognize that it’s stolen by default, you can definitely go to jail.