Police in Japan have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of selling illegally modified Pokémon save data to customers online — a practice which is banned under the country’s 2019 Unfair Competition Prevention Act.
Reminds me of that time Nintendo sued emulator developers under the DMCA, bypassing the prior precedent of emulation legality and instead killing the project by forcing the contributors to settle, cease development, and hand over their IP rights.
Oh wait, that was last month. Double fuck the big N.
Reminds me of that time Nintendo sued emulator developers under the DMCA, bypassing the prior precedent of emulation legality and instead killing the project by forcing the contributors to settle, cease development, and hand over their IP rights.
Oh wait, that was last month. Double fuck the big N.