ESA提请将Anbernic模拟掌机列入盗版市场名单
ESA targets Anbernic emulation handhelds as "superfake" piracy enablers
ESA向美国贸易代表请求将Anbernic模拟掌机列入“臭名昭著市场”名单，指控其设备常通过零售渠道附带预装未授权游戏ROM的存储卡助长盗版。该协会代表任天堂、微软、PlayStation、育碧等厂商，称这类“超级假货”硬件常态化了硬件级盗版；Anbernic官网直售未见预装。
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."
来源：Ars Technica Gaming · arstechnica.com