KenLayton
In Memoriam
From Replay magazine:
FEDS SEIZE ALLEGED CLASSIC VIDEOGAME COPIES
(Posted November 6, 2009 -- 3PM)
A load of recently confiscated games were reportedly illegal classic video titles, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Department. As reported earlier by RePlay, federal customs officials seized 168 coin-op videogames at the Los Angeles seaport on Oct. 23, 2009.
"The shipment had a total domestic value of $138,000 and a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $672,000," federal officials declared in a release to the media. "CBP officers seized the videogame machines on October 23 after confirming the videogames were not legally authorized. The shipment had arrived inside a sea container from China."
The machines in question contained several copyrighted videogames, which are registered with the U.S. Copyright Office and recorded with CBP. The videogames found on the coin-operated machines were Frogger, Scramble, Time Pilot, Ms. Pac-Man, Super Pac-Man, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3 and Donkey Kong. CBP seized the items when the importer was unable to provide authorization from the owners.
CBP has designated intellectual property rights enforcement a priority trade issue, devoting considerable resources and personnel to property rights enforcement. CBP's strategic approach is multi-layered and includes seizing fake goods at our borders, pushing the border outward through audits of infringing importers, cooperation with our international trading partners and collaborating with industry and other government agencies to enhance these efforts.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
FEDS SEIZE ALLEGED CLASSIC VIDEOGAME COPIES
(Posted November 6, 2009 -- 3PM)
A load of recently confiscated games were reportedly illegal classic video titles, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Department. As reported earlier by RePlay, federal customs officials seized 168 coin-op videogames at the Los Angeles seaport on Oct. 23, 2009.
"The shipment had a total domestic value of $138,000 and a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $672,000," federal officials declared in a release to the media. "CBP officers seized the videogame machines on October 23 after confirming the videogames were not legally authorized. The shipment had arrived inside a sea container from China."
The machines in question contained several copyrighted videogames, which are registered with the U.S. Copyright Office and recorded with CBP. The videogames found on the coin-operated machines were Frogger, Scramble, Time Pilot, Ms. Pac-Man, Super Pac-Man, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3 and Donkey Kong. CBP seized the items when the importer was unable to provide authorization from the owners.
CBP has designated intellectual property rights enforcement a priority trade issue, devoting considerable resources and personnel to property rights enforcement. CBP's strategic approach is multi-layered and includes seizing fake goods at our borders, pushing the border outward through audits of infringing importers, cooperation with our international trading partners and collaborating with industry and other government agencies to enhance these efforts.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.



