Não é de hoje que a gente sabe que existe pirataria. Nem é surpresa que uma gigante como a Nintendo queira lutar contra ela. O que é interessante é ver que uma empresa japonesa percebe o que nosso governo parece ignorar: impostos altos simplesmente não ajudam ninguém, somente o governo. Em um comunicado oficial, a Nintendo culpa as "taxas extraordinariamente altas" aplicadas sobre o preço dos games originais pela existência da pirataria de seus jogos. Só o governo acha que não...

Segue um trecho do documento elaborado pela Big N (em inglês):

"OVERALL: Nintendo recommends stronger laws in all countries against the
circumvention of technological security measures. Video game pirates have
developed DS game-copying devices and modification chips to target the
security found in Nintendo's hardware systems and allow the play of
counterfeit software or games illegally downloaded via the Internet.

CHINA: China must pursue criminal prosecutions against people involved in
large-scale piracy operations. Nintendo works with Chinese authorities, who
seized more than 1 million fake Nintendo products in China during the past
year. But not one counterfeiter has been prosecuted.

KOREA: Nintendo supports the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, but suggests
that it must be ratified immediately to address service providers who are
profiting from the uploading and downloading of illegal Nintendo content.
Korea is an important market for Nintendo, and Internet piracy is seriously
affecting the growth of the video game industry in the country.

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA: Latin America remains a haven for piracy.
Evidence supporting this claim includes escalated violence in Mexico against
police conducting anti-piracy raids, extraordinarily high tariffs and taxes
placed on the sale of authentic video games in Brazil and widespread
corruption in Paraguay. During the past year, Nintendo assisted local
authorities with more than 65 actions that resulted in the seizure of
approximately 230,000 counterfeit Nintendo games in Brazil, Mexico and
Paraguay alone. Despite Nintendo's efforts, the piracy levels continued to
rise. Nintendo is calling for significant changes to laws and to the
enforcement regimes in those countries."

Escrito por Rick Eloy às 09h33
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