A raíz del operativo en contra de la pitarería de los productos de SNK/Playmore, y de la reciente confiscación de productos dentro de las instalaciones de un distrobuidor de Neo Geo en Estados Unidos, se publicó lo siguiente:
Comunicado de Prensa de Worldwide Video
I have an important
message to relay to you before you hear it from any other source.
So far, Worldwide Video and no other US Distributor of coin op
equipment have been targeted for SNK product in the action as
described below.
World Wide Video was visited and issued a lawsuit by: U.S.
Federal Marshall's, a lawyer for SNK USA, and two representatives
of SNK USA. They came to look for and take everything we had with
the NEO GEO SNK moniker on it. Posters, marquees, cartridges, one
slots, parts, wire harnesses etc etc were also taken. Apparently
SNK is having trouble in the overseas markets with counterfeit
products being distributed throughout Asia. Worldwide Video is
not a knowing participant in counterfeiting, nor do we condone
the manufacturer of counterfeiting video games. It has been
alleged that one of our King of Fighters 2002 cartridges (that
they acquired from a third party source with our serial number on
it) was a counterfeit cartridge. They determined this by
examining it under a "microscope". They stated in their
lawsuit this counterfeit product is extremely difficult to
identify. Worldwide Video purchased a very small amount from
several of our "normal and reliable" US sources over a
period of 2 months. None were imported from overseas markets, and
none were purchased from any unknown sources to us. Therefore we
were not inclined to "know" about this problem.
We regret the problem that SNK Corporation is encountering on
these games and will do everything that is asked of us in
cooperating with the people from SNK. We have nothing to hide. If
our suppliers sold us counterfeit Neo Geo cartridges, I am
confident that they did not knowingly do so.
Again, from the standpoint of our company reputation, we are
concerned that this action will impair our relationships with you
our valued customers. By sending this fax and email out before
you heard it anywhere else, we wish to make it clear that this
problem of counterfeiting is a serious rogue to our industry, and
we wish to openly state that we do not support it. We will take
another closer look at the inventory we have on hand to verify
its' authenticity. I personally do not believe we have any
counterfeits, but will proceed with more diligence as a result of
this action by SNK.
Brad Brown
President
With all the best,
Brad Brown
President
Worldwide Video
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