This seems like a pretty niche need with only some hobbyists motivated enough to work on it. Is there a broader application than your use case? Otherwise I think thats why the existing software for this isnt great.
On the other hand, it’s surprising to me that “grab sounds from a wii game” is so niche! My gut felt like it would be slightly more complicated than unzipping a tarball, but my gut didn’t expect it to be a programming challenge worthy of a small competition.
POS deserved all of it if not more.
Still, garnishing someone’s wages the rest of his life seems out of proportion. But I admit it’s harder to defend someone that made a livelihood out of holding peoples’ data hostage.