It Is Now Illegal To Sell Unauthorised Game Keys In Japan, Save File Editors Also Banned

No more cheating.

Japan has revised its Unfair Competition Prevention Act, introducing several changes which will significantly affect the modding scene and, potentially, several wider gaming circles, too.

Essentially, game save editors and console-modding services are now declared illegal, with offenders potentially facing fines of up to five million yen or imprisonment for up to five years, as well as the reselling of game keys which are not authorised by the software owner. As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, official information on the changes is only available in Japanese at present, but several translations all point towards the following three acts now being entirely banned:

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