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Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 day ago

The 1980s were before the DMCA. In those days if you bought an expensive piece of electronics both seller and buyer expected that you owned it.