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Dept of Homeland Security (?) Seizes Fake Classic Cabs


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Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:30 PM

From Kotaku.com, apparently the US Department of Homeland Security's US Customs and Border Protection seized 168 coin-op machines that played Donkey Kong, Time Pilot, Frogger, etc. when the importer couldn't provide the proper documentation for them. :o

Wonder what they're going to do with them? :ponder:

Here's the press release from Nov 2, apparently they seized these on October 23rd in LA.

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CBP officers seized the video game machines on October 23 after confirming the video games were not legally authorized. The shipment had arrived inside a sea container from China.

The machines contained several copyrighted video games, which are registered with the U.S. Copyright Office and recorded with CBP. The video games 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.


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    Dragonstomper

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Posted Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:40 AM

We all know what is going to happen to the machines.... suddenly homeland security personnel will have them in their homes.





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