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question for any japanese person reading this, is modding pc games considered a crime in japan?

There's such a different response to this from Japanese fans and everyone else, most people are happy about a dead game being brought back by the community. But I've seen a bunch of Japanese fans angry about this because it goes against the wishes of Square Enix.

ところが海外の一部には作家がファンに主導権を渡すのは当然と考える界隈がおるんですわ。まあ、海外にかぎらず、日本にも現在のファンや世相に合わせて古典を改変するのは正義と宣うイカれたシェークスピア研究者もおるくらいで。

Unfortunately, there is a subset of people in America that believe Japanese media should be changed to suit their fragile sensibilities rather than going into it with the expectation that it will reflect Japanese culture & values. And even more unfortunate yet, many of those very people are responsible for localizing Japanese works into English.