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Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use
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this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
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Japan has very strict IP laws, nintendo lost out on licensing in the past because of this, so they pursue all infringement aggressively so they aren't judge as not sufficiently defending their ownership.
But it doesn't really matter to you or the thousands of other people who post this because you don't really want to be educated and just want to be rewarded for your clever words.
Damn, you really are angry.
At this point, I'm just calling this an excuse.
I mean, fuck Japanese IP laws, but also fuck Nintendo for trying to gaslight us into pretending everything is normal and standard. Nintendo of America is not in fucking Japan. They play by American rules with American audiences, and Americans will bitch about their practices.
You don't sell a Chevy Nova in Mexico and call it a Nova. Adapt to the region you sell to.
Japanese IP laws are no more strict than other major blocs due to trade agreements. Nintendo has never “lost out on licensing” due to IP laws. Beginning in the 1980s, they have been extremely and aggressively litigious as a matter of company policy. They literally see everything they produce as theirs… you don’t own the things you “buy” from them. You pay them for the enjoyment of using their things. They’re about as hardcore neoliberal as it gets. In other words, they seem evil because they are evil.
You're answering the questions, but then you're also throwing in these odd misanthropic asides. Is this a bit?
I appreciate your insights into Japanese IP law and Nintendo biz lore in this thread.