ESA targets Anbernic emulation handhelds as "superfake" piracy enablers
摘要
ESA向美国贸易代表办公室提交申请，要求将中国掌机厂商Anbernic列入“恶名市场”名单，理由是该公司设备常预装含数百至数千款未经授权游戏的存储卡。ESA代表任天堂、微软、索尼等主要游戏厂商，认为这类通过正规零售渠道销售的产品使硬件盗版正常化，符合“超级假货”认定标准。Anbernic官网直销似乎并未附带此类存储卡，但第三方渠道存在该现象。
For years, Chinese hardware manufacturers have carved out a market niche with an array of handheld Android gaming devices focused on retro emulation and/or more modern game-streaming capabilities. Now, though, a major game industry trade group is targeting one of those manufacturers, Anbernic, asking the US Trade Representative (USTR) to add the company to its list of "Notorious Markets" that "engage in or facilitate substantial copyright piracy or trademark counterfeiting."
TorrentFreak was among the first to notice the request from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which was submitted to the USTR last week. In it, the US trade group—which represents major publishers including Nintendo, Microsoft, PlayStation, Amazon, Epic, EA, Ubisoft, and more—notes that Anbernic devices "are routinely offered or shipped with removable memory cards preloaded with hundreds or thousands of unauthorized copies of copyright-protected video games published by ESA members."
While many online sellers do include an SD card full of ROMs alongside emulation hardware of all types, Anbernic itself does not appear to do the same when selling directly from its website. Regardless, the ESA argues that these ROM-laden Anbernic devices selling through "normal retail channels" help to "normalize hardware-based piracy by delivering illicit catalogues through a polished consumer product." This, the ESA says, meets the threshold for a "superfake," an ill-defined designation that applies to "high-quality counterfeit trademark goods ... on a commercial scale."
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