London's High Court has ruled that the R4 cart and all other devices like it that enable piracy on Nintendo's DS are to be illegal in the UK.
It marks the next step in Nintendo's global effort to stop the sales of such devices as it seeks to fight piracy on the DS – a recognised problem given that 100,000 copying devices were seized in the UK alone since 2009 according to a report on GI.biz.
The R4 isn't purely used for piracy; it also allows owners to use homebrew software as it bypasses the console's security, a point made by defendant Playables Ltd., a small UK company that specialises in electronics and gadgets.
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Was wondering if they were ever going to go after the Flash Cart market, guess they have. Wonder how many parents are now breaking the law as their kids have R4s or similar?
It marks the next step in Nintendo's global effort to stop the sales of such devices as it seeks to fight piracy on the DS – a recognised problem given that 100,000 copying devices were seized in the UK alone since 2009 according to a report on GI.biz.
The R4 isn't purely used for piracy; it also allows owners to use homebrew software as it bypasses the console's security, a point made by defendant Playables Ltd., a small UK company that specialises in electronics and gadgets.
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Was wondering if they were ever going to go after the Flash Cart market, guess they have. Wonder how many parents are now breaking the law as their kids have R4s or similar?
