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The large-scale game console “Pokemon Ga-Olé” uses QR Code for the card identification system. The low cost of cracking has led to chaos in piracy. Recently, the police finally caught one of the factories producing pirated cartridges and seized stickers, The estimated infringement value of blank card boxes and other criminal tools is more than NT$300 million.
According to the Taiwan Criminal Bureau’s announcement on solving the case, the police seized the counterfeit manufacturing factory in July 2013. In November, they raided multiple suspects’ strongholds in many places in New Taipei. They announced on January 15 this year that a total of 100,000 people were arrested. 9 suspects and cassette production tools.
According to police statistics, a special injection mold for cassettes, more than 15,000 unprocessed cassettes, more than 160,000 unprocessed stickers, printers, flash drives and other crime tools were seized at the scene. Cards that had already been produced were The box contained more than 7,000 pieces, and the suspect confessed that production had begun in the 111th year of the Republic of China.

Based on the basic fee of NT$30 for each card cassette, the total value of the unprocessed and processed cassettes alone has reached NT$5.5 million. If the market transaction price ranges from NT$ 200 to NT$ 500, it can be seen as NT$ 36 million to NT$ 91 million! The police also roughly estimated that the total value of the infringement suspects exceeded NT$300 million.
After interrogating the suspect, he was transferred to the Taiwan New Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office for investigation on the basis of violating Articles 95 and 97 of the Trademark Law and Article 210 of the Criminal Law for forging private documents.
Due to the insufficient anti-theft mechanism of the “Pokemon Ga-Olé” card box, almost anyone who obtains the QR Code of a specific Pokémon can easily deceive the machine’s recognition system, allowing unscrupulous people to produce counterfeit card boxes for a long time, and They often enter the market as claw machines, blind bags, or even directly as second-hand transactions.
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Game officials also have a lot of headaches about this. They have to change the card box and sticker designs from time to time, but the effect is quite limited. They are often cracked soon after the revision. In addition, the related anti-theft publicity is insufficient, which makes relevant societies discuss There are a lot of posts about various inspections.
At the same time, this factory is at best only the tip of the iceberg of pirated suppliers. In addition, “Pokemon Ga-Olé” announced that it will end operations during the Spring Festival this year. The case was only solved when the cartridge was about to lose its function, which also shows the actions and efficiency of the police. Up too slowly.
After the end of “Pokemon Ga-Olé”, the new “Pokemon Mazastar” machine will continue to operate. The new machine can no longer use the old card cartridge, and the machine identification will be changed to NFC. The difficulty of cracking is relatively high, but it is by no means Impossible. Players must not take it lightly. We also hope that the public sector can show more achievements in combating piracy.