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Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 9:28 am CT
Nintendo Wins Piracy Case
Judges have ruled in favor of Nintendo in the piracy case against Lik Sang. Lik Sang is a popular website where users can buy imports and accessories - but the site has also sold items capable of copying Nintendo games and putting them on the Internet for downloading. Illegal copies were being sold for as little as one dollar in some parts of China. Legal copies of the software can run as high as $45. Nintendo - which has always had a no tolerance stance against piracy - sued Lik Sang for $20 million. The judge has awarded Nintendo $5 million for damages caused by Lik Sang in 2000 and 2001. Nintendo believes they and their partners lost $650 million in sales due to piracy and that the industry as a whole lost $3 billion. Nintendo has conducted about three-quarters of their 125 raids in China with the help of Chinese trademark enforcement authorities. Nintendo stated the amount of raids doubled from 2001 to 2002 and will continue to increase.
Nintendo Wins Piracy Case
Judges have ruled in favor of Nintendo in the piracy case against Lik Sang. Lik Sang is a popular website where users can buy imports and accessories - but the site has also sold items capable of copying Nintendo games and putting them on the Internet for downloading. Illegal copies were being sold for as little as one dollar in some parts of China. Legal copies of the software can run as high as $45. Nintendo - which has always had a no tolerance stance against piracy - sued Lik Sang for $20 million. The judge has awarded Nintendo $5 million for damages caused by Lik Sang in 2000 and 2001. Nintendo believes they and their partners lost $650 million in sales due to piracy and that the industry as a whole lost $3 billion. Nintendo has conducted about three-quarters of their 125 raids in China with the help of Chinese trademark enforcement authorities. Nintendo stated the amount of raids doubled from 2001 to 2002 and will continue to increase.