Authorities investigating what was first thought to be a ridiculous lead in South Korea, stumbled on one of the largest software piracy busts in more than a year. Korean Federal Enforcement agents aboard a rigid-hull-inflatable craft, acting on an anonymous tip, were quite surprised to find a wooden ship leaving a secluded cove about 200km south of Pusan.
“You just don’t see anything like this except in movies,” said one agent. “A huge wooden sailboat, flying the jolly roger. It was surreal.”
Upon spotting the agents, the ship raised its full array of sails and headed for the open ocean.
“I kinda felt bad for them,” said another investigator. “They were scrambling around and barking orders, and screaming something about a CAR or a STAR, I couldn’t make it out, but we had our engine on idle and we still caught up with them in less than a minute.”
Two pirates were critically wounded, trying to stave off the federal boarding party.
“That’s what happens when you bring a sword to a gunfight,” said KFE spokesman Seung Li.
On board, more than 200,000 pirated copies of BoomBlox for the Wii.
“I think in a way, they were happy to be caught,” said Li. “The game just wasn’t selling, even at their black market prices.”
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4 responses so far ↓
1 NarkJoe/ Sean // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Omg. I Actually believed this until I read that 200,000 copies of BoomBlox were present. We all know that only 10 were sold.
2 ProudlyAnAddict // Jun 21, 2008 at 3:21 am
no its not that bad a game mayb 12 if you are lucky but its no surprise it made it into the top 10 for the wii as no1 buys anything for it anyways
3 CausticSaint // Jun 22, 2008 at 1:50 am
If the 200,000 copies of Boom Blox wasn’t enough of a giveaway, the location certainly was. Pusan is on the southern coast of South Korea.
200km south of there is nothing but water. Kind of hard to have a cove with no land.
4 Peguinfury // Jun 22, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Too bad Boom Blox sold as bad or worse than Psychonauts.
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