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Nintendo busts counterfeit ring in Hong Kong |
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Written by Felix Da Silva (fdasilva@bitnip.com)
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Friday, 26 October 2007 |
 A raid ordered by the Hong Kong High Court yielded 10,000 products allegedly used to play pirated Nintendo software, the company said.
During a three-day period, Nintendo representatives seized thousands of game
copying devices and modification chips from the Supreme Factory Ltd.
facilities.
The search also uncovered documents reflecting the scope of
the operation.
The Factory allegedly has ties to a French company,
Divineo SARL, and its principal, Max Louarn, who are also named in the legal
action initiated by Nintendo, the company said.
The High Court
prohibited the companies from further distribution of the devices and from
disposing a portion of their assets worldwide and ordered such assets frozen
pending outcome of the legal proceedings.
Jodi Daugherty of Nintendo of America, said in a
statement,
Piracy affects the entire
video game industry. It can destroy years of hard work by a team of very talented
software developers, who strive to create games consumers enjoy playing. Copying
the developers' work and spreading the game files globally is blatant
stealing.Nintendo, as well as companies that independently create,
license, market and sell Nintendo products, lost an estimated $762 million in
sales due to counterfeits in 2006.
On a related note, is anyone excited about the new Super Mario Galaxy coming out soon for the Wii? I surely can't wait to get my hands on it.
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