Raid Crushes Multi-Million Dollar Taiwanese Piracy Ring
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Is it the biggest game piracy raid in their history because there hasn't been any other before, or... ?
'Cause, although that is a lot of games, it's not even close to stopping the market. They've probably just slowed a small part of it down with this.
Also, they will have to act very fast against the other game piracy mediums, since now they'll be aware that the police is after them.
(But maybe they were. *Shrug*)
'Cause, although that is a lot of games, it's not even close to stopping the market. They've probably just slowed a small part of it down with this.
Also, they will have to act very fast against the other game piracy mediums, since now they'll be aware that the police is after them.
(But maybe they were. *Shrug*)
Terramax, I wouldn't completely discount that, though they just may play the games themselves!
I haven't seen anything about this in Taiwanese media, and I don't really expect to. I don't see this being a big thing, here, even though it is on such a large scale. If I see any follow-up news, I'll post it (and if in Chinese, translate it).
iLikeHippoes, there have been other raids, but this is truly the largest in terms of scale and items seized.
But it's true that it won't stop piracy, here. The items are made in China, not Taiwan, so they'll just continue being imported until the Chinese factories are shut down.
I haven't seen anything about this in Taiwanese media, and I don't really expect to. I don't see this being a big thing, here, even though it is on such a large scale. If I see any follow-up news, I'll post it (and if in Chinese, translate it).
iLikeHippoes, there have been other raids, but this is truly the largest in terms of scale and items seized.
But it's true that it won't stop piracy, here. The items are made in China, not Taiwan, so they'll just continue being imported until the Chinese factories are shut down.
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And why isn't this more celebrated? They said they found almost all of the pirate inventory of an entire country. Saying, "Oh, we haven't done China yet" is like a general saying, "Oh, I haven't invaded Russia yet."
China's going to be extremely difficult to even put a dent into.
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- some new restaurant you should check out
- some kid who did something all other kids can do
- weather (rain in the west, flooding in the east)
- The two big political parties arguing
- animations of thievery (yes, they reenact via animations, it's great)
Possibly, there'll be a mention on TV, but I don't see it being a gigantic story.
I'm not saying that China would be easy, or that this doesn't deserve to be there, just that it probably won't. With that in mind, here are just the distributors and buyers, the factories are all in China. So, taking the supplies is just delaying the inevitable. Next week, more will be shipped here and bought.
It's not that the government doesn't do anything, here, it's that other governments are doing nothing.
Well, it's just not in the personality of Taiwanese people to care about video games, as a previous poster mentioned. If it doesn't pull in money to their own family, it's not a great use of their time. Anyway, the news outlets here always show the same garbage and/or normal daily things:Erana said:
- some new restaurant you should check out
- some kid who did something all other kids can do
- weather (rain in the west, flooding in the east)
- The two big political parties arguing
- animations of thievery (yes, they reenact via animations, it's great)
Possibly, there'll be a mention on TV, but I don't see it being a gigantic story.
I'm not saying that China would be easy, or that this doesn't deserve to be there, just that it probably won't. With that in mind, here are just the distributors and buyers, the factories are all in China. So, taking the supplies is just delaying the inevitable. Next week, more will be shipped here and bought.
It's not that the government doesn't do anything, here, it's that other governments are doing nothing.
Am I the only person who finds this really funny? Police raid an honest-to-god warehouse and seize a massive pile of physical media, then pat themselves on the back for solving their country's piracy problem? In other news, bulk supply retailers are about to see a 140,000-unit spike in blank disc sales (approximate value: $10), followed by the completely unexpected revival of Taiwan's piracy trade.
I don't think much of the people who sell stolen IP for a living, but this still cracks me up. Welcome to the 20th century, guys.
I don't think much of the people who sell stolen IP for a living, but this still cracks me up. Welcome to the 20th century, guys.
They didn't so much pat themselves on the back for solving as they did for preventing. They did prevent those items from being sold, and with the market the way it is, here, I'd say it was, indeed, a major feat.Veret said:
I'm not even sure if they sell the Wii here, yet, because last year the thing was still still unavailable. So, I know a few people with illegally bought games, which suck because they don't run correctly, because they couldn't get them for a decent price (even retail is better than importing from Japan).
For piracy, I'd say movies and TV shows are way higher than videogames. You can find them, sure, but I believe most people who play XBox, PS3, and even PC, are playing legit games.
That could be naïvety, but I just don't think the illegal game market is that HUGE in Taiwan; it takes more effort to find them, here, than the easily found TV shows and movies, and way easier to rent them, which would be appealing (easiness) to Taiwanese.