"Intellectual property theft is an important issue for the videogames industry, and this judgement will assist the IP Crime Unit team in actively pursuing and stopping other individuals who deal in R4 cards". I am grateful to them and our partners at Nintendo and Trading Standards in securing this significant judgement". "The ELSPA Intellectual Property Crime Unit was central in bringing the defendants to the attention of law enforcement authorities. The same site also spoke with anti-games piracy organisation, ELSPA: "We are delighted with today’s decision to make the advertisement, importation and sale of R4 copier cards illegal", said the company's director general, Michael Rawlinson. "Nintendo initiates these actions not only on its own behalf, but also on behalf of over 1400 video game development companies that depend on legitimate sales of games for their survival". "In the UK alone, there have been over 100,000 game copying devices seized since 2009". However, circumnavigating Nintendo's (or any other manufacturer's) security systems is against the law in this country, and because the card needs to do so to work, it is therefore illegal.Īfter the news, Nintendo released this statement, as published on games industry trade site MCV: "Nintendo promotes and fosters game development and creativity, and strongly supports the game developers who legitimately create new and innovative applications", it reads. Playables Limited's defence counsel argued that the R4 was legal as it allowed the use of homebrew applications. Any distributor that does so will face serious criminal charges.
R4 REVOLUTION FOR DS NEW CODE
While they also allow custom, legal code to be played on the DS, this ruling has effectively outlawed their sale, import and advertisement in the UK. (Pocket-lint) - The London High Court has ruled against game importer Playables Limited, for the import of the infamous R4 (Revolution for DS) cards, which are primarily used to play pirated games on Nintendo's handheld consoles.
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