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Super-Smart Game Pirate Sells His Wares At A Mall

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Ordinarily, when folks monetize their game piracy, they use Craigslist or some other indirect means of making a sale. I've never heard of a pirate peddling his stuff in a shopping mall, as a Canadian man is accused of doing.

The Mounties bagged a 31-year-old man - long on the radar of U.S.-based piracy investigators - accusing him of selling copied games for about $10 each out of the back of a hobby store in Richmond, British Columbia. He is, pardon my legalese, in deep doo-doo.

The pirate, who wasn't named, was nabbed by the private investigation firm of IPSA International, which works for entertainment software industry clients, which means game makers.

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The story didn't say if he was burning console discs or PC games. Vancouver is a regular venue for antipiracy sweeps, apparently.

Buyers Beware Of Pirated Video Games [The Province via Game Politics]