. .___________ _|_ ______________________________. | | | : bOONDOCKS · oNE oF tHE fASTEST iN eUROPE | . _______ __ _|_ ____ ______ ________ : _____ _|_\_ / . | . \_ __ ______\_. \ ______ _\_. /__| ___ / __/__ | / / | : | / \| / l \/ . \ l___/\_ |/ /___ / : \ \______|______/ \ /_________/ | \________/ / _/_______/_ _l______/sc : _/ \____/ \__________/ _/ \___) | | . \_____| \______| | | : | |hELLFiRE & lSD wHQ!·tRISTAR & rED^SECTOR iNC., sUNFLEX iNC. & lFC aMIGA eHQ!| | tRiSTAR & rEDSECTOR iNC. cONSOLE aND gERMAN cONSOLE sYNDICATE wHQ! | | sNEAKERS eUROPEAN hQ | | tRiSTAR & rED^SECTOR iNC. /X-iNNOVATiON wORLD diSTRiBUTiON sITE | | cLASSIC^qUARTEX hQ! · dREAMCHARTS, dEViOUS dEZiGNS & dATA dIVISION dHQ! | | -g^sTYLE! & tWISTED wHQ! · pRO aRTS & rOADHOGZ eHQ! | | | | mASTERS aRE: | | -·>s/\L-oNE!·mARIO·sECTORCHARGER·cOLONEL·gAZ P·eCS<·- | | | | rUNNING oN aN aMIGA 4ooo wITH a cYBERSTORM o6o/5o mHZ/22 mB! | | 2 * cREDITZ fOR mAJORS! 3 * cREDITZ fOR mAJORS fROM yOUR oWN gROUP! | | | | +31-(o)-548-54O-653 +31-(o)-548-521-716/521-848 +tEL-NET | | -·>16k8 dUAL<·- -·>33k6 dUALS!<·- 23:30-06:00 gMT +1 | | | l_________._ _ _ _._________| ________ | -·>nO nEW uSER pASSWORD aND/oR sYSTEM pASSWORd!<·- | ________ |________|| ||________| : uPLOADEd bY nRG! oN nODE #02 : . tIME aND dATE oF tHE uPLOAD: 04:32:13 , 11-30-1996 . å @BEGIN_FILE_ID.DIZ =------------------------------------------= : SONY AND SEGA GET TOUGH ON HK PIRATES! : =------------------------------------------= @END_FILE_ID.DIZ _________________________________________________________________ November 28, 1996 Three Japanese electronics giants declared war on computer game copyright pirates Thursday by launching an unusual joint legal action against Hong Kong distributors and retailers of counterfeited software. Sega Enterprises Ltd., Koei Co. Ltd. and Sony Corp.'s Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said they had fired off a volley of writs against 43 distributors and retailers, seeking injunctions and compensation for trademark and copyright violations. Kiichi Nishikura, general counsel for Sega, said software pirates were banding together into a loose syndicate in Hong Kong as well as Taiwan, China, Southeast Asia, and South American nations such as Paraguay. ``Therefore manufacturers for software developing companies have to be united also,'' Nishikura told a news conference. ``This is the beginning. I think Nintendo (Co. Ltd.) will also participate in the near future. We must control these counterfeiting activities, otherwise our companies will go bankrupt,'' he said. Nishikura estimated 90 percent of game software sold in Hong Kong was pirated, selling for one-tenth the price of legitimate products. He declined to estimate the size of the market. Nishikura acknowledged that hitting retailers was only scratching the surface but said manufacturers had to start somewhere. The electronics firms were also cooperating with various authorities to gather evidence that have led to recent raids of factories in China, Taiwan and Paraguay, he said. Nishikura said Beijing was taking the piracy problem very seriously, but noted local enforcement was at times difficult. Copyright violation in China is a major problem for many multinational companies, but Beijing has vowed to clamp down on pirates and open its cultural markets in a June agreement with the United States that narrowly averted a multi-billion dollar trade war between the two countries. Nishikura said Hong Kong, a major conduit for China's pirated products, was a major center of the counterfeiting industry, but noted the problem was found in other centers such as Singapore and the United Arab Emirates' Dubai. _________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ -( [ bOONDOCKS! ] [ oNE oF tHE fASTEST iN eUROPE ] )- ________________________________________________________________________ __/ __ __/ _ __/ _ __/ _ __/ ___ __/ _ __/ ____/ / __/ ____/ \_ _ \_ / \_ / \_ / \_ / \_ / \_ / \_ _ \_____ \_ / / ¯¯/ _/ / _/ / / / _/ / _/ / _/ / / ¯¯/ _/ / /___ \__ \__ \__/ \__ \__ \__ \__/ \__ \ sAl1 \/______\/ \/______\/ \/______\/ \/______\/ \ / \ /________\ / \ /________\ / / \ / \ / [·hELLFIRE&lSD wHQ!·tRISTAR aND rED^sECTOR ¡NC.·sUNFLEX iNC.&lFC aMIGA eHQ!·] [·tRiSTAR & rED^SECTOR iNC. cONSOLE·&·gERMAN cONSOLE sYNDICATE wHQ!·] [·tRISTAR & rED^sECTOR ¡NC! /X-iNNOVATION wORLD dISTRIBUTION sITE!·] [·cLASSIC^qUARTEX hQ!·] [·dREAMCHARTS·dEVIOUS dEZIGNS·&·dATA dIVISION dHQ!·] [·-g^sTYLE!·&·tWISTED wHQ!·] [·pRO ARTS·&·rOADHOGZ eHQ!·] [·sYSOPS: s/\L-oNE!·mARIO·sECTORCHARGER·cOLONEL·gAZ P·eCS·] rUNNING oN aN aMIGA 4OOO wITH a cYBERSTORM O6O/5O mHZ/22 mB 2 * cREDITZ fOR mAJORS! 3 * cREDITZ fOR mAJORS fROM yOUR oWN gROUP! --»> lATEST aMIEXPRESS vERSION 4.xX! <«-- ---»> nO nEW uSER pASSWORD aND/oR sYSTEM pASSWORD! <«--- +31-(O)-548-54O-653 +31-(O)-548-521-716/521-848 +tEL-NET -[ 16k8 dUAL ]- -[ 33k6 dUALS ]- -[ 23:30-06:00 gMT +1 ]- [-[[ uPLOADEd bY: nRG! ]]-]--[-[[ nODE: 02 ]]-] [-[[ tIME aND dATE oF tHE uPLOAD: ]]---[[ 04:32:13, 11-30-1996 ]]-]