Japanese justice has issued a significant sentence that could represent an important legal precedent in the fight against piracy in the world of video games. \ r \ nun 58 -year -old man of the Ibaraki prefecture was sentenced for having changed and resold nintendo Switch console (the 2 found in pre -order on Amazon), receiving a suspended prison sentence and a considerable fine. Linked to the Nintendo consoles. \ r \ nil case attracted the attention of the Japanese media, with NTV News that has followed the judicial developments up close. The defendant had been arrested on charges of having paid modified components on the Used Nintendo Switch Maders of Console Maders, altering the original functionality to allow the execution of pirated games. An apparently profitable activity but which clearly violates both the copyright and those of intellectual property of the Japanese giant of the video games. dollars. \ r \ nla suspended condemnation allows the man to avoid immediate prison, but any further violation during the three -year trial period would entail the execution of the prison sentence. Last year the person who sent various death threats to Nintendo was sentenced: read the details.
SWITCH hacker convicted: first time in Japan




