Nintendo sues Korean pirates for online copyright infringement

Piracy in Asia is nothing new. This was clearly the case when the Korean division of Nintendo decided that enough was enough and put their foot down on several websites around Korea to stop the illegal distribution of several Nintendo game titles.

Nintendo Korea has already filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office against several unidentified users who were caught uploading and distributing copies of Nintendo software through peer-to-peer file sharing and open websites. This actually marked the first time Nintendo has filed a copyright infringement case in the country. A spokesman from Nintendo had this to say about the issue:

They infringed on our copyright by posting Nintendo’s game titles through the Internet without our permission. The legal action was taken against only some sites and users this time but we will take further measures if such a violation continues to take place.

Mineo Koda, the Japanese chief executive of Nintendo Korea has already given previous warnings about those allegedly pirating their goods and products for profit and finds this problem a challenge for the company to do business in the company.

Piracy in Asia is nothing new. This was clearly the case when the Korean division of Nintendo decided that enough was enough and put their foot down on several websites around Korea to stop the illegal distribution of several Nintendo game titles.

Nintendo Korea has already filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office against several unidentified users who were caught uploading and distributing copies of Nintendo software through peer-to-peer file sharing and open websites. This actually marked the first time Nintendo has filed a copyright infringement case in the country. A spokesman from Nintendo had this to say about the issue:

They infringed on our copyright by posting Nintendo’s game titles through the Internet without our permission. The legal action was taken against only some sites and users this time but we will take further measures if such a violation continues to take place.

Mineo Koda, the Japanese chief executive of Nintendo Korea has already given previous warnings about those allegedly pirating their goods and products for profit and finds this problem a challenge for the company to do business in the company.