Nintendo secures RCM loader ban in the U.S.

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For anyone living in the United States, buying a RCM Loader just got much more difficult.

As you may have heard, Nintendo filed a lawsuit in November 2020 against Vietnamese resident Le Hoang Minh, who manufactured RCM Loaders and sold them on Amazon under the name "Winmart". This came after a DMCA takedown request from Nintendo, resulting in Amazon taking down his listings. Le disputed the request, allowing him to resume selling the devices. Nintendo called this an abuse of the DMCA's counternotification system, since Le lives in Vietnam, where any consequences for wrongly disputing DMCA takedowns are unenforceable. Due to this, Nintendo sought an injunction by a U.S. court. After the lawsuit was filed, Le did not respond to it, nor did Le enter discussions with Nintendo. This led Nintendo to seek a default judgment.

According to Nintendo, here is why the product is illegal:
Once this circumvention has occurred, the unauthorized CFW modifies the authorized Nintendo Switch operating system, thereby allowing users to obtain and play virtually any pirated game made for the Nintendo Switch. All of this happens without authorization or compensation to Nintendo or to any authorized game publishers
On April 15, 2021, the U.S. court to which Nintendo brought the case has ruled in favor of Nintendo's request for a default judgment. Any online store selling RCM Loaders is now prohibited from shipping them to the U.S.

Nintendo is seeking a total of $2,500 in damages (down from their original request for $2,500 per violation) in an effort to not drag the litigation out much longer:
This request for a $2,500 award is intended to be very conservative and does not reflect anything close to the full amount of damages Nintendo could reasonably seek from Defendant,” the company writes.

Nintendo could…credibly seek a separate award for every device Defendant sold — almost certainly many devices, given that Defendant’s RCM Loader device was available online for many months. However, rather than attempt to quantify Defendant’s total sales, Nintendo seeks to facilitate an efficient resolution of this case through entry of judgment awarding damages for a single § 1201 violation.
The injunction also applies to "any and all products, services, devices, components or parts thereof” that circumvent Nintendo's security measures. Does this mean that Le Hoang Minh (and anyone working with him) can't even sell paperclips?

:arrow: Source (courtesy of TorrentFreak)
 

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Oh God can Nintendo stop bitching around with their ip. The cfw doesn't provide pirated games, just software which doesn't make you play pirated games. Nintendo is just whining about security even though they've already won. They sue an pointlessly arrested man. It's sad how companies act, however normal rcm jogs won't be banned as it's also used for troubleshooting

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Nintendo: Does something extremely obvious that any company would do to protect their products from piracy
GBAtemp: WAAAH WAAAAH NINTENDO BAD WAAAH WAAAH I'M THE VICTIM WAAAAH WAAAH
A lot of the anti-Nintendo crowd makes Nintendo's actions out to be the end of the world, when in most of these cases... if you want an RCM loader, you'll probably still be able to get one. Same deal with fangame C&D orders or ROM site shutdowns. Not the end of the world, in my opinion, Nintendo's doin' the Nintendo thing to protect their property / appease their shareholders, and you can still get your thing if you try hard enough.
I AM THE VICTIM I JUST WANT TO USE THEMES WAH WAH
You CAN use themes! Black... or white?
 

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Oh God can Nintendo stop bitching around with their ip. The cfw doesn't provide pirated games, just software which doesn't make you play pirated games. Nintendo is just whining about security even though they've already won. They sue an pointlessly arrested man. It's sad how companies act, however normal rcm jogs won't be banned as it's also used for troubleshooting

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Let's be real here, you put cfw on your console for piracy

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And that's fine, i cfwed my 3ds for piracy, but just don't try to act like you cfw consoles for other reasons, you aren't fooling anybody
 

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Let's be real here, you put cfw on your console for piracy

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And that's fine, i cfwed my 3ds for piracy, but just don't try to act like you cfw consoles for other reasons, you aren't fooling anybody
I have a (probably) patched switch.....

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A lot of the anti-Nintendo crowd makes Nintendo's actions out to be the end of the world, when in most of these cases... if you want an RCM loader, you'll probably still be able to get one. Same deal with fangame C&D orders or ROM site shutdowns. Not the end of the world, in my opinion, Nintendo's doin' the Nintendo thing to protect their property / appease their shareholders, and you can still get your thing if you try hard enough.

You CAN use themes! Black... or white?
I want cfw for a slightly darker theme
 

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Let's be real here, you put cfw on your console for piracy

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And that's fine, i cfwed my 3ds for piracy, but just don't try to act like you cfw consoles for other reasons, you aren't fooling anybody
Er, no. Piracy is already disincentivised by the online ban - which means losing access to the eShop and the NSO paywall.
I, for one, use CFW for game patching and EdiZon cheats and save file backups (and FTPD for save editing using my computer).
 

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Er, no. Piracy is already disincentivised by the online ban - which means losing access to the eShop and the NSO paywall.
I, for one, use CFW for game patching and EdiZon cheats and save file backups (and FTPD for save editing using my computer).
My absolute lack of knowledge of the switch scene is really showing right now
 

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Let's be real here, you put cfw on your console for piracy

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And that's fine, i cfwed my 3ds for piracy, but just don't try to act like you cfw consoles for other reasons, you aren't fooling anybody
i like playing quake.

also thanks nintie. now everyone is gonna find like 10 other leaky holes in your box
 

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