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Police in Japan have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of selling illegally modified Pokémon save data to customers online (www.ign.com)
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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 66 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How exactly does this break "unfair competition" laws? Is this an online game with real-life stakes?

[–] Darorad@lemmy.world 82 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Japan tends to have extremely corporate friendly laws. Basically if the corporation doesn't want you to do it, there's a good chance it's illegal.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 68 points 7 months ago

Japanese law is very business-focused. For instance, their defamation laws give little regard to whether or not a claim is true; if you make public statements that hurt a business's reputation, you're likely to be punished for it. People often seem to not realize that Japan is a very conservative nation.