I'm not being pedantic. The person higher up in the thread claimed that they looked into this and found "there is nothing to suggest he was ever sent to prison". Since, as someone upthread correctly pointed out, people often spend time incarcerated pre-trial for whatever reasons, the "jail" vs. "prison" distinction is pretty important here. Especially considering that the full phrase "sent to prison" is usually used to imply a conviction and sentence, not pre-trial detainment.

Definitions and word use are important! Frankly this entire subthread is silly and kinda pointless, though...

Yes, this. They'll even consider time spent in "jail" as part of your sentence. There are many folks who have been convicted and not spent any further time in jail because of "time served" waiting to be convicted.

And if they hadn't been convicted? Their problem, apparently.

> They'll even consider time spent in "jail" as part of your sentence.

True, but kinda irrelevant to the point being made? @bogwog specifically claimed that Nintendo's actions earned a 27-year-old a "prison sentence" (their words, not mine). That implies a trial, conviction, and sentence.

@AussieWog93, when fact-checking, was clearly skeptical of the conviction and sentencing aspect: "sent to prison" would be a pretty unusual thing to say when talking about being arrested and put in jail pre-trial.

The point is that someone said, in effect, "Nintendo got someone convicted and sent to prison". Someone else said "Hmm, I looked into this and couldn't find any evidence that it went that far". Yes, the guy may have spent some time in jail pre-trial (assuming there even was a trial; it's possible charges were dropped), and that's still super shitty, but it is orders of magnitude less shitty than being convicted of a crime and sentenced to a prison term.