A Japanese court has sentenced a man to a suspended prison term for selling a PSP modified to play illegally copied software. This is the first conviction under Japan’s newly strengthened copyright and unfair competition laws designed to combat handheld software piracy, according to the Mainichi Shimbun.
“From a preventative point of view, a strict punishment is desirable,” said Judge Atsutoshi Uraki of the Utsunomiya District Court.
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