Thanks to the intervention of the Hong Kong High Court, Nintendo has stopped a global distribution operation involving game copying devices and modification chips that violate its copyrights and trademarks of both its Nintendo DS and Wii systems, the company has announced.
Nintendo representatives seized more than 10,000 game copying devices and mod chips during a three-day raid of Supreme Factory Limited facilities, which took place starting October 8. The game copying devices are used to copy and play game files offered unlawfully via the Internet, and the mod chips allow for pirated Wii discs or illegal copies of Nintendo games downloaded from the Internet to be played.
The sting also uncovered "volumes of documents" which explained the scope of the operation, tying Supreme Factory Limited to a French company, Divineo SARL, and its principal, Max Louarn, who are both also named in the legal action commenced by the Big N. The companies have been prohibited from further distribution of the offending devices and from disposing a portion of their assets worldwide, with assets having been ordered to be frozen pending the outcome of the legal proceedings.
"Piracy affects the entire video game industry, from large companies to independent developers," said Jodi Daugherty, Nintendo of America's senior director for anti-piracy. "It can destroy years of hard work by a team of very talented software developers, who strive to create games consumers enj
23/10/2007
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