piracy dosent pay...

[theONE]

Originally Posted by IGN.com

April 14, 2005 - Police arrested four people in connection with videogame piracy in New York and New Jersey yesterday, according to The Associated Press. Officers of the law confiscated more than 60,000 pirated products from Nintendo, including Donkey Kong, Mario Brothers, Duck Hunt, among others, according to official reports filed by federal authorities at the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. So, how did this merry band of digital thieves slip up? They tried selling the truckload of stolen goods to undercover FBI agents, that's how.



The federal agents posed as game bandits looking for a big score. Obviously, the real thieves took the bait and wound up in a world of hurt. The defendants had smuggled over 280,000 illegal video game consoles between September and December of last year, according to an official report. Commenting on the recent seizure, Nintendo reps said the company loses millions of dollars every year to software pirates, who bootleg copies of popular titles and sell them worldwide.

And there you have it. Don't bootleg Duck Hunt, folks.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/604/604396p1.html

haha sucks for them... piracy doesent pay...

[anakon]

Big Brother Miyamato is watching. -.o

- CD

[P4NC4K3Z]

"The defendants had smuggled over 280,000 illegal video game consoles between September and December of last year, according to an official report." Woah no wonder there is an xbox and ps2 shortage...

[Sepharite]

LOL! There's a bootleg store in every corner near my area! =O My friend even makes bootlegs!

It doesn't really affect the companies anyways, they make tons of money. =P

[bignds]

very true, i see it as a robin hood senerio (sp?)