A man convicted of importing 20,000 “majikon” devices, used to circumvent copy protection on the Nintendo DS, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison in a case which represents a victory for Nintendo and its efforts to stamp out sales of the popular devices.
The man, identified usefully as “Kim”, was handed the sentence by a Seoul court; the court had this to say:
“Suspect Kim distributed illegal software and devices for Nintendo’s console, and circumventing the copy protection on these devices is a severe crime indeed.”
The distributor in this case was indicted in 2007; it seems the courts have taken their time with him, though it is not too hard to guess who may have been funding or assisting the prosecution…
Via Innolife.
Nintendo has been vigorously pursuing “majikon” sales in Japan and elsewhere for some time now, though in most jurisdictions it seems such a long sentence is out of the question, and of course in the places actually manufacturing the units there are generally no prosecutions whatsoever.
Not 8 Years, 8 Month…
On a lighter note,I bought this PC magazine which came with a CD containing 100(maybe) of GBA games you could play on your PC
Very, very wrong. Nintendo is losing my support.
waitaminutewaitaminute??? 8 years… 8 YEARS? for a freaking mod chip? dang do you have to r♥♥e a l♥♥i in order to install this particular chip?
Wow, the guys that made ps1/ps2/ps3?/Dreamcast/Xbox emulator should go to jail too. Nintengod just made a court precedent for other courts in other country to use to tried anyone/everyone? Fucking Capitalist should go to hell. Fucking socialist should go to hell to since they are the same. I think the only reason for him to go to jail was because he sells his card and not give away for free but the court/humanity has a tendency to f♥♥k his own ass in any way possible. Get ready for more arrests and trials. Before the dust settles we ALL are going to drown on our own pile of s♥♥t.