Independent game developers in Brazil are being hit harder than ever by the growing problem of software piracy while the government does nothing to solve the problem. Through digital distribution and appeal to a larger audience, however, independent developers are fighting back.

Pine starts with a brief history of gaming in Brazil and how Nintendo came to identify the South American country, specifically, as a lost cause in terms of battling piracy.

The reason Nintendo makes such dire claims, he states, is due to the impunity of a government that simply does not enforce the law. “We also have good laws regarding homicide, but just 1% of murderers are solved in Brazil. One percent! If Justice doesn’t reach murderers,” he says, “it won’t reach pirates.”

deiru via gamerschronicle.net »