A Japanese modder has been sentenced to 2 years in jail.
As reported by NTC (thanks, Automaton), a 58-year-old man has been discovered responsible of modifying and promoting Nintendo Change consoles.
He was allegedly arrested for “soldering modified elements” throughout the Change system, enabling modded consoles to run pirated video games.
In a listening to earlier at this time, April 14, the person was convicted of infringing Nintendo’s trademark and sentenced to 2 years in jail, suspended for 3 years. He has additionally been fined round $3500.
In response to Automaton, the jail sentence units a brand new authorized precedent in Japan.
In associated Change information, in response to inner assessments by a “main Apple and Nintendo provider”, sport consoles within the US will nonetheless be subjected to the 145% tariff on items imported from China.
