07-06-2007, 07:43 AM
Nintendo has revealed that it is stepping up its measures to deal with software piracy in South Korea which is dampening company profits.
According to The Korea Times, Nintendo is set to take a firmer approach to software piracy in South Korea, which has witnessed a boom in hacking devices and a growing willingness by consumers to illegally download pirated titles since the release of the firm's DS handheld back in January, which has reportedly sold 200,000 units in the region.
“We cannot give you details about the piracy issue, but we are now taking more active measures. I think you will be able to see the results soon,” said Mineo Koda, chief of Nintendo Korea.
Having previously enlisted the services of legal firm Kim & Chang in a move that was generally successful in eradicating software piracy from the majority of internet gaming communities, but less so in dealing with peer-to-peer piracy, Nintendo Korea is coy on its latest tactics.
“All we can say is that we will take strong legal actions against illegal activities. We cannot say more about the policy because the pirates will soon find a way to beat us once they know about it,'' the firms PR department said.
As previously reported, Nintendo has been warning pirates of its intentions to see them brought to justice since May. The most common method of software piracy involves downloading games that can be stored on a flash memory chip and played on Nintendo systems using a converter named R4. The module is readily available at a number of major online stores despite Nintendo’s threat of legal action to retailers. Sellers counter that they are not at fault because the converter itself doesn’t contain any illegal components.
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According to The Korea Times, Nintendo is set to take a firmer approach to software piracy in South Korea, which has witnessed a boom in hacking devices and a growing willingness by consumers to illegally download pirated titles since the release of the firm's DS handheld back in January, which has reportedly sold 200,000 units in the region.
“We cannot give you details about the piracy issue, but we are now taking more active measures. I think you will be able to see the results soon,” said Mineo Koda, chief of Nintendo Korea.
Having previously enlisted the services of legal firm Kim & Chang in a move that was generally successful in eradicating software piracy from the majority of internet gaming communities, but less so in dealing with peer-to-peer piracy, Nintendo Korea is coy on its latest tactics.
“All we can say is that we will take strong legal actions against illegal activities. We cannot say more about the policy because the pirates will soon find a way to beat us once they know about it,'' the firms PR department said.
As previously reported, Nintendo has been warning pirates of its intentions to see them brought to justice since May. The most common method of software piracy involves downloading games that can be stored on a flash memory chip and played on Nintendo systems using a converter named R4. The module is readily available at a number of major online stores despite Nintendo’s threat of legal action to retailers. Sellers counter that they are not at fault because the converter itself doesn’t contain any illegal components.
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