| Title | Japan Cracks Down on Game Mods, Cheats, and Reselling | |
| Date | Saturday January 05 2019, @01:13PM | |
| Author | chromas | |
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| from the up-up-down-down-b-a-b-a-jail dept. | ||
A revision to Japan's Unfair Competition Prevention Act has reportedly introduced criminal penalties for reselling software product keys without permission, distributing save-game editors, and offering to edit save data as a service. Speculation is rampant as to how broadly the data-editing ban may apply.
http://mmofallout.com/japan-criminalizes-editing-save-games-punishable-with-jail-time-and-fines/
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/333748/Japan_has_made_reselling_digital_game_keys_illegal.php
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