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1. Defendant A 1) Imprisonment with prison labor for 10 months, and the enforcement shall be suspended for two years from the date when the judgment becomes final and conclusive. 2).
Reasons
Criminal facts
The Defendants knew that some of the contents of the game program offered by the Copyright Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd. in the online game “D” could circumvent access to the server desired by the Defendants rather than the regular game server operated by the copyright holder. After allowing an unspecified number of unspecified persons to use the game by accessing the so-called “Fuer” (G, etc.), H server, I server, J server, K server, L server, M server, M server, and N server, etc., the server they opened, and then allowing users of the game connected to the private server to enjoy profits by selling the game. Defendant B operated the illegal private server from around 2013 to the present, or managed the illegal private server from around 2013 through Defendant B, upon receiving the direction of Defendant B, Defendant A administered the illegal private server by managing the server, such as O, C, P, Q, R, etc., and Defendant B had been in charge of managing the illegal profits from around 4, 2018.
1. No person who violates the Game Industry Promotion Act shall produce, distribute, provide, or arrange game products not provided or approved by game products related business entities;
Nevertheless, from June 21, 2017 to June 10, 2019, Defendant C had its members access to the said server, and from April 2018 to June 10, 2019, Defendant C opened an illegal private server, “H server,” “H server,” “J server,” “K server,” “L server,” “M server,” “M server,” and “N server,” etc., and provided members with the altered connection program without the provision or approval of the game products from the game products related business management committee E, and provided members with the said server, “D”.