neorej said:Wait, you can get porn on a modded Wii?
It has more to do with kids downloading M rated games from Internets, even moded content like the uncensored Manhunt 2.
neorej said:Wait, you can get porn on a modded Wii?
Japan should get lax with enforcement of protection of copyrighted works from Mexico, Brazil, etc.Pureauthor said:I... what?
Ikael said:Republic of Korea: No idea of what is going on there.
Cofor said:Piracy is very strong here in Brazil.
It's turning into a culture among the young people who is not rich.
Only rich people can afford a R$ 2399,00 console ( USD 1002.00 ) and R$ 179,00 games ( USD 74.83 )
Metal Gear?! said:Japan should get lax with enforcement of protection of copyrighted works from Mexico, Brazil, etc.
See how they like it.
squicken said:What's different about Spain compared to other Western European countries that makes piracy a problem? I know the south of Europe is a not as affluent, by why just Spain?
Read my message four messages before yours, it explains quite well...Brannon said:Why the hell would they cost that much in Brazil? Is it the taxes?
While it is all kinds of awesome that we get those, the fact that they cost almost the same as a Wii costs in America (Those cost around 166 usd, the Wii costs around 250 usd), or pretty much the same price as a DS... It's kinda annoying...AstroLad said:wow i can't believe brazilians are bitching when they got both the motherfucking Master System III and its awesome follow-up last year, the Master System 3
MEXICO: Anti-piracy actions by the Mexican government in 2008 were wholly inadequate. The Mexican government must recognize the seriousness of the piracy problem
freddy said:Nintendo wants the US to play policeman more? STFU Nintendo, don't encourage it.
Kandrick said:...I know alot of people here that only buy the "hackable" consoles.
Actually, on a second glance, I'm not sure it's saying that at all. But it is worded strangely.freddy said:Nintendo wants the US to play policeman more? STFU Nintendo, don't encourage it.
bryehn said:*drools
I'd pay good money for that SEGA.
yeah i really like the look of the master system 3 actually one of my favorite looking consoles even with the sonic thing which somehow works on therebryehn said:*drools
I'd pay good money for that SEGA.
drizzle said:... For any Brazilian that wants to follow where the law is stuck now... we play taxes over taxes (that's why everything is so expensive when imported to Brazil)...THAT's what's wrong with this country, not piracy.
Nobody cares about hacking the ps3, it really is the new gamecube.shuri said:well the ps3 is pretty secure so far.
Kandinsky said:Nobody cares about hacking the ps3, it really is the new gamecube.
Kandinsky said:Nobody cares about hacking the ps3, it really is the new gamecube.
bryehn said:SPAIN: The availability of game-copying devices in Spain is alarming. Internet sites offering game-copying devices and illegal Nintendo software are widespread and must be addressed. Nintendo asks that the Spanish government implement laws protecting the creative copyright industry and enact laws against Internet piracy. Nintendo considers education a priority in its fight against piracy in the European Union. Customs authorities play an important role in enforcing intellectual property rights, and Nintendo is seeing positive signs in this area.
Nintendo is pleased about recent steps taken by the Spanish National Police against distributors of game copiers.
AstroLad said:wow i can't believe brazilians are bitching when they got both the motherfucking Master System III and its awesome follow-up last year, the Master System 3
carvasd said:No Sir, I disagree... people in countries like ours (BR, MX) should also take responsability for this cultural difference... we should be aware that piracy is simply wrong regardless of how bad our goverments and their laws & taxes are... we're just looking for excuses to cover our ilegal acts... the little kid who bought a pirated copy with his parents approval might one day become president and I'm sure he won't have any problem creating stupid laws & taxes that only benefit a few...
but then again that is a whole different topic..../rant
Well a pirated cart costed almost the same as a legit one.drizzle said:Except that, i can talk about when the Master System and the Mega Drive were officially distributed down here, in Brazil. The amount of people that would buy pirated carts was minute. Everybody went to actual stores and bought the actual games that were available officially down here.
itxaka said:Lol. Fuck off nintendo, "game copiers" are legal here and we have the rigth to make our legal backups by law. LAW, do you understand that?
I want the goverment to change the laws to, so I can masturbate in the street in front of children! It's for my rigths!
Fuck off again. We pay already the piracy tax almost on everything digital, take your share from that. And we are the ones called pirates....
Totobeni said:wooooha
is there any online store that sell these sex stuff ?
drizzle said:...People rather pirate than go through all of that. It's not the right thing to do, but hell, i can understand it.
Tormentoso said:My god the company making the most money since launch is the one that complain the most.
carvasd said:this 'mentality' is exactly the problem... even if it's complicated, or even expensive to get the games you want, it is still not enough to excuse yourself from piracy... that's the cultural problem... we're willing to excuse piracy, or tax evasion (which, btw... even if its unfair to pay such a high tax... it's still ilegal)...
squicken said:What's different about Spain compared to other Western European countries that makes piracy a problem? I know the south of Europe is a not as affluent, by why just Spain?
We're hardly talking about stealing a loaf of bread to feed your family here.Burai said:That's easy to say when you're living a relatively easy life in a rich country. But the world is shades of grey and the people who live in it are also. Who the fuck are you to tell people how they should live their lives outside of the jurisdiction of wherever it is you live?
At least the chinese government will fight against piracy, when the chinese companies take too much and too long damage. Foreign products? No interest.Vinci said:Yeah, good luck with that whole China thing. They even steal their own products.
squicken said:What's different about Spain compared to other Western European countries that makes piracy a problem? I know the south of Europe is a not as affluent, by why just Spain?
Burai said:That's easy to say when you're living a relatively easy life in a rich country. But the world is shades of grey and the people who live in it are also. Who the fuck are you to tell people how they should live their lives outside of the jurisdiction of wherever it is you live?
Salmonax said:We're hardly talking about stealing a loaf of bread to feed your family here.
Totobeni said:...and DSi already hacked too.
I love this line. It seems like Nintendo is saying to parents, we know your kids steal and you dont care about their stealing, but if they steal they may see a boob in the process and that is the bigger concern. Sad thing is I can see some parents not caring about their kids stealing, but getting upset because they dl a game with sex in it.bryehn said:"It is important for parents to note that if users of circumvention devices are children, they may be exposed to unsuitable content downloaded from the Internet and played on their Nintendo systems," said Jodi Daugherty, Nintendo of America's senior director of anti-piracy.
Dragona Akehi said:I'm really not sure why Nintendo bothered mentioning Spain. As mentioned not only does the country have a specific "piracy/blank media" tax for these purposes, but the bigger issue is that the DMCA is only applicable to the United States. It's currently legal for personal backup device usage in Spain.
In sum: Nintendo can eat it.
bryehn said:Funny that this doesn't mention their own ineptitude at keeping their systems secure...
Sho_Nuff82 said:Funny how? Oh, we're blaming the publishers for piracy still. If there's too much DRM on software, it's the industry's fault. If there's too little DRM, it's the industry's fault. If the DRM is just right, well, they weren't going to buy it anyway because the game sucks and is kind of short so it's not a lost sale.
Tormentoso said:My god the company making the most money since launch is the one that complain the most.
Salmonax said:We're hardly talking about stealing a loaf of bread to feed your family here.
BRAZIL: Federal anti-piracy actions are not reducing piracy in Brazil, and local enforcement efforts are weak. Efforts to prosecute for piracy are virtually nonexistent. Customs and border control agents failed to seize a single shipment of Nintendo video game products in Brazil in 2008. Internet piracy is increasing with no legal infrastructure in place to respond to the threat it poses to rights holders. High tariffs and taxes also constitute market barriers for legitimate video game products.
drizzle said:That's the main problem with Brazil. Videogames fall into the gambling bracket of taxes. ANY Game has a 150% tax added to it. No wonder nobody sells their stuff down here (only Microsoft, but the prices are absurd and they only release games that Microsoft itself publishes).
All the problems listed on that press release are pretty much because of this Tariff. If I legally import a Wii to my house, i'll pay, at best, 60% taxes. If nintendo decides to sell their console here, they'll have to pay 150% taxes, and those taxes will obviously be passed on customers.
Internet piracy happens everywhere and i don't see how you can prevent/punish it. What you have to do is stop modchips (which, again, comes a funny story: A Wii WITH a modchip is CHEAPER than a Wii without it. Mostly because Wii with modchips come from Paraguay, where there's little to no border fiscalization, while unmodded wiis come from the United States, where there's a lot of fiscalization).
Brazil has to do something about the retardness of it's taxes. Nintendo is the only company that's, apparently, bitching abotu it to the government. Microsoft doesn't say anything, they just pass the tax to the customers, and Sony doesn't give a rats ass about Brazil.
There's a proposed law to change in which bracket videogames fall on the taxing, and taking into consideration how the president's son owns a game-related company (mostly about cellphone games), you'd think the law would go quickly through the bureaucracy and get accepted. That's not what's happening tho, that particular law is going around the senate for the past 2 years.
For any Brazilian that wants to follow where the law is stuck now, you can always go to http://www.camara.gov.br/Sileg/Prop_Detalhe.asp?id=343613
Edit: Reading about this, i found another piece of information that i have to share. Down here, we play taxes over taxes (that's why everything is so expensive when imported to Brazil). One of the Taxes charged (called IPI) is 50% on VideoGames, and 20% on VideoPoker machines. THAT's what's wrong with this country, not piracy.
High tariffs and taxes also constitute market barriers for legitimate video game products.
Hmm there are dd services such as steam that offer games at affordable prices.Burai said:if where I live there's no way to buy consoles and games legitimately, or if I'd have to go without food for a month in order to buy a game due to ridiculous taxation.