New flash card ruling in France

[TomF1]

Game copying devices like the R4 or Magicom flash carts have been ruled illegal in France, according to Nintendo.

Back in 2009 the platform holder took French firm Divineo to court for producing DS flash carts that enable users to play non-authorised games and media on the portable, but it lost its original case against the manufacturer.

That decision has been reversed by Paris' Court of Appeals, which has issued guilty verdicts against Divineo, along with five other companies, for the importation, sale and distribution of game copier devices.

The Court imposed over €460,000 in criminal fines, damages payable to Nintendo in excess of €4.8 million and, in some instances, ordered suspended prison terms.

The ruling brings France in line with other European territories, including the Netherlands, UK, Germany, Italy and Belgium, Nintendo said.

Nintendo France managing director Stephan Bole commented: "Nintendo supported this criminal action not only for the company's sake, but for the interests of its game developer partners who spend time and money legitimately developing software for Nintendo's game platforms, and customers who expect the highest standards and integrity from products bearing the Nintendo name."

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[Fear Zoa]

Won't they just sell them under the "Homebrew Device" moniker?

 

[RupeeClock]

Next time you make a thread like this, it's advised that you actually quote the source that you're linking, rather than only link to it.

 

[shakirmoledina]

how many more countries are remaining? i know mine is... they dont even know afaik

 

[Thesolcity]

So what's the point of ruling them illegal? We all know they won't stop, they'll just move.

 

[WolfSpider]

What if they only released the flashcarts only for homebrew and no pirated game support?

 

[Sora de Eclaune]

What if they only released the flashcarts only for homebrew and no pirated game support?

iPlayer. Enough said.

 

[chyyran]

So, it's illegal to sell and import Flashcarts in france, not to use. I think. Then again, the ruling says "game copier devices" and, technically, flashcarts don't copy games. So, the NDS Adapter PLUS is illegal?

Anyways, Nintendo is just wasting their money. They should spend those bucks on the WiiU.

 

[FluffyLunamoth]

So "Game copying devices" such as the R4 are illegal? Okay, that's fine, then by that, the R4 isn't even illegal. It doesn't copy games.

 

[Mbmax]

Seems that big N won the second round. Let see what will happen on the third round.

Edit : Woot ! 2000 post !

 

[chrisrlink]

here is to the Tyrannical rule of sony/nintendo hope MS doesnt jump in the frey

 

[Mantis41]

It stops them being sold in the markets but that is about it.

 

[Deleted-236924]

So, it's illegal to sell and import Flashcarts in france, not to use. I think. Then again, the ruling says "game copier devices" and, technically, flashcarts don't copy games. So, the NDS Adapter PLUS is illegal?

A flashcart can be used to run NDS Backup Tool.
And the NDS Adapter+ only backups save files.