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Dangerous move, other companies have would set the police on him for that stunt.


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Because he needs to face consequences for his behavior. He's a massive liability to his company.

To be fair, this is a threat of violence against his employer if they do not comply. Also, another way to look at it is forced taking, which is also violent.

My hair stood on end both times he did this. Holy crap that's some massive legal liability.

Wow. That is insane. Hopefully his employees find a better place and he is never given a position of power again. How the hell does someone get away with not only doing this but advertising it?

Thanks for the source. Still, I'm getting mixed signals from that article, I guess he did what he did and regretted it? Have they taken steps to prevent something like that from happening again?

First, I was against doing intentional harm. I absolutely think s/he should walk away, but making enemies doesn't solve any problems and certainly could create some.

Second, you seem not to understand the difference between "breaking the law" and "getting sued". Intentionally screwing over a company can be both legal and lead to a lawsuit that you end up losing.


What a joke, there are plenty of scumbag and criminal leaders of corporations and this is the guy who doesn't walk. It'll be a sad day for the world if this guy goes to jail.

If this is a disgruntled employee, this has to be the stupidest move ever on his/her part. He will definitely be jailed for this

He seems to be playing with fire, they could ban him and that would seriously damage him.

This sounds extremely risky. At a rate of more than 3000 litigations a year, where he essentially threatens to ruin their life if they don't pay, he's bound to find someone crazy or desperate enough to hurt him physically.

This is the most idiotic thing I've heard in a long time. Yes, they were already at risk, but with the way he disclosed the information, the risk increased exponentially. This guy's actions were either stupid or malicious.

It seems like this guy has done a few things most lawyers would advise against.

It should be a good bait for China.

Seriously though, in most countries, have his employer tried to enforce the "consentual nonsense whatever" act, they would be reinstating him while paying for all the missed opportunities and the legal fees also.


He is a danger to crappy security and those that fear free thinkers like him.

There ought to be laws against locking people like him up.

Rockstar said it cost them thousands of hours to recover...they could have asked him, and it might have cost them orders of magnitude less.

Rockstar has hired the wrong people, lol.


So he puts up a warning sign on his private property saying he is liable for his own risky behavior?

It’s not a company that puts him in the asylum, it’s the government. Give a guy like this an interesting target and he’ll do exactly what he’s been doing his entire life; breaking it

From the linked AP article:

“Wingenroth, who openly advertised his business in area publications, was told by state game wardens last year that such an activity was illegal, authorities said. Wingeroth, though, told them his lawyer “has a different interpretation” of the law.”

…The game wardens warned him and he basically forced their hand by telling them to shove it.


This is unbelievable. He created a business that he knew was on the wrong side of the law and then gets self-righteous when he's accused of breaking that law.

It also seems really stupid. I would not be surprised if he got threatened with lawsuits from the named players.
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