Nintendo Wins R4 Lawsuit in the Netherlands

July 22, 2010 -

Nintendo has won a major victory in the Netherlands this week against retailers that sold R4 cards for the Nintendo DS and Wii mod chips. A Hague District Court in the Netherlands has found 11 online retailers guilty of acting "unlawfully" in selling game copying equipment to the public.

In response to Nintendo's claims, the 11 retailers counter-claimed that Nintendo’s objections were an act of unfair competition. That claim was rejected by Hague District Court. Where the case goes from here is to be continued - in other words, Nintendo will win some sort of monetary judgment at some point.

R4 cards are designed to store games on the DS and play them. The device is capable of holding hundreds of copies of DS games on one cartridge. Mod chips installed in consoles like the Wii allow users to play copies of games and allow movies and games to be played regardless of region.

Nintendo issued the following statement to MCV:

"Nintendo protects its intellectual property rights globally and takes action to prevent the distribution of pirated software and devices that allow illegally downloaded software to be played.

"Nintendo takes this action not only for the company’s sake, but in the interests of its partners who spend time and money legitimately developing software for Nintendo video game consoles and systems, and customers who expect the highest standards and integrity from products bearing the Nintendo name."

Source: MCV

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Re: Nintendo Wins R4 Lawsuit in the Netherlands

Submitted by Roh02 on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 10:53.

look gamepolitics used marios image QUICK NINTEDO SUE THEM -_-

Re: Nintendo Wins R4 Lawsuit in the Netherlands

Submitted by ZippyDSMlee on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 11:36.

The sad thing is I think they can since it does not fall under fair use........

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Re: Nintendo Wins R4 Lawsuit in the Netherlands

Submitted by Andrew Eisen on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 14:05.

Yes, it does.

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Re: Nintendo Wins R4 Lawsuit in the Netherlands

Submitted by ZippyDSMlee on Fri, 07/23/2010 - 18:52.

I guess it dose since nintendo is in the title, doh! ...stupid mind reversed my train of thought.....

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Re: Nintendo Wins R4 Lawsuit in the Netherlands

Submitted by Thad on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 10:37.

"Nintendo protects its intellectual property rights globally and takes action to prevent the distribution of pirated software and devices that allow illegally downloaded software to be played."

Hey Nintendo, computers are devices that allow illegally downloaded software to be played. Are you going to sue people who sell them, too?

Re: Nintendo Wins R4 Lawsuit in the Netherlands

Submitted by ZippyDSMlee on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 09:57.

Nothing like sueing the steel mill for the gun that shot you.......

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Re: Nintendo Wins R4 Lawsuit in the Netherlands

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 06:47.

Another case of a company trying to destroy what could make them tons of cash.

Re: Nintendo Wins R4 Lawsuit in the Netherlands

Submitted by Roh02 on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 03:37.

and cars are designed soley for ram raiding joy riding and use as get away vehicles. I dont use the r4 and frankly I dont use the ds that was bought for me as a gift but I know b***s*** when I hear it.

Re: Nintendo Wins R4 Lawsuit in the Netherlands

Submitted by Truec on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 01:51.

Gotta love everybody in every country ignoring the perfectly legal uses of flash carts. Not everything has to be about piracy.

And if there was somebody intelligent involved at Nintendo, they'd stop with the legal action and find ways to use this. A DS, a flash cart, and a MicroSD or two would be a pretty solid platform for digital distribution, there's almost certainly a market there waiting for exploitation. Of course, that would run afoul of just how hard it is to get the DS online in most cases, but it's still something they could work with.

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Technogeek: If the developer were male there wouldn't have been a "conversation" in the first place.10/19/2014 - 2:27am

Monte: trolls are just at their absolute worst when it comes to women and feminist. You could bet good money that if the developer were male the trolls would be silent and the conversation would actually focus on the journalism.10/18/2014 - 9:18pm

Monte: Papa: Not the first time we've had a journalism scandals before, but the harassment never got close to this level; the difference with this scandal is that feminists are involved. Without the feminist angle, their would be A LOT less harrassment10/18/2014 - 9:15pm

Papa Midnight: Monte: That's honestly rather short-sighted. As has been proven with other persons who have been targeted, if it wasn't Quinn, it would be someone else.10/18/2014 - 6:26pm

Avalongod: I think that's part of what gives an esoteric news story like this real life...it taps into a larger narrative about misogyny in society outside of games.10/18/2014 - 3:29pm

Avalongod: @Monte, well the trolls made death threats that came to police (and media attention). I think this is tapping into a larger issue outside of games about how women are treated in society (like all the "real rape" stuff during the last election)10/18/2014 - 3:28pm

Wonderkarp: Zippy : Havent tried the PS4 controller. might later.10/18/2014 - 2:37pm

Monte: Seirously, If Quinn was not involved and GG was instead about something like the Mordor Marketing contracts, the trolling would have never grown so vile and disgusting. There have been plenty of movements in the past that never sufferred from behavior..10/18/2014 - 1:57pm

Monte: We have seen scandel's before but the trolling has never been as vile as what we see with GG. Trolls usually have such a tiny voice you can barely notice them, but its like moths to a flame whenever femistist are involved.10/18/2014 - 1:53pm

ZippyDSMlee: Wonderkarp: You might be able to if you had a PS4 controller.10/18/2014 - 1:00pm

MaskedPixelante: http://store.steampowered.com/app/327940/ Night Dive starts charging for freeware.10/18/2014 - 12:21pm

Matthew Wilson: the sad thing is there are trolls on both sides of this. people need to stop acting like their side is so pure.10/18/2014 - 12:19pm

MechaTama31: So, only speak out on a scandal that hasn't attracted trolls? I wouldn't hold my breath...10/18/2014 - 10:49am

Monte: I feel like GG just needs to die. The movement is FAR to tainted by hatred and BS for it to be useful for any conversation. Let GG die, and then rally behind the NEXT gaming journalism scandal, and start the conversation fresh.10/18/2014 - 10:33am

quiknkold: and we dont have a Dovakin to call a cease fire10/17/2014 - 7:37pm

quiknkold: The whole thing is Futile. Both sides are so buried deep in their trenchs that there isnt a conversation. Its just Finger Pointing, Name Calling, Doxxing, Threats. there needs to be a serious conversation, and GG isnt it.10/17/2014 - 7:37pm

quiknkold: I thought it was a good article. Jeff is right. I feel like GamerGate did destroy its message. I am for Ethics in game journalism, but man. so much hate. and its on both sides. I've seen some awful stuff spewed on twitter. Its a big reason why I exited..10/17/2014 - 7:34pm

Matthew Wilson: while he focused on gg, he did call out both sides crap.10/17/2014 - 7:18pm

Papa Midnight: That was a damn good read offered by Jeff Gertsmann.10/17/2014 - 7:17pm

Matthew Wilson: http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/letter-from-the-editor-10-17-2014/1100-5049/ deferentially a nice write up.10/17/2014 - 6:44pm

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