Two used DS file-sharing closed !!!

[JPdensetsu]

Probably Nintendo close two websites ;(

Source: Here

A number of file-sharing websites, where Nintendo DS ROMS have been freely made available to download, appear to have been suspended or potentially closed down over the past week, sparking rumours that Nintendo has finally got round to cracking down on illegal downloads of software for the handheld.

In recent months, Nintendo has ramped up activity on sniffing out those companies who have been selling the likes of the notorious R4 chip, which allows users to download software from file-sharing site for free to play on their hand-helds. Though there are no official statistics, it's believed that millions of DS owners have bought an R4 chip and are currently playing games illegally. Indeed, at Christmas it became the fifth biggest-selling electronics item on Amazon's UK web store.

In the past week, two of the most popular file-sharing sites now lead to blank pages and rumours are spreading through forums of other file-sharing sites that it could be the work of the Nintendo lawyers.

Nintendo has a massive battle on its hands if it hopes to get rid of the R4 and similar chips, which aren't actually considered to be illegal devices.

"It's the purposes that people use it for that's often illegal," says Rob Saunders, a spokesman for Nintendo UK. "When you fill a memory card with hundreds of downloaded games - that's theft."

The two websites that are now offline are just a small drop in the ocean of file-sharing sites out there. It's going to take some time before Nintendo sees the end of illegal DS software downloads.

 

[hova1]

WTH is a "file-sharing website"?!?!?

 

[JPdensetsu]

WTH is a "file-sharing website"?!?!?

Rom site

 

[hova1]

WTH is a "file-sharing website"?!?!?

Rom site

you don't share files on ROM sites, you leech.
this "article" is soooo horrible written. no wonder i never heard of this site

 

[Dingler]

Yea, ND looks like they got the knife too

 

[CockroachMan]

Oh shit..

*checks usual ROM sources*

OK.. my sites are still up, no problem

 

[jaxxster]

thank goodness this will never happen to usenet

 

[pilotwangs]

My usual site is good,so Im fine.

 

[Gus122000]

Still up and running

 

[Flawsdraw]

No problems here

 

[Sephi]

All my favorites are up except for one :x

 

[dib]

thank goodness this will never happen to usenet

Do you live in a cave? Usenet's been under attack for awhile. It will be the first to go at this rate.

 

[Kbs]

Meh I don't care as long as my ROM sites are still running, which they are

 

[JPH]

Indeed, at Christmas it became the fifth biggest-selling electronics item on Amazon's UK web store.

Yeah, well if Nintendo DS games weren't $60 over there you probably would have less pirating peeps.

Yeah, sad to see ol' Dashii's website gone, he did such a great job with it.

lol @ Nintendo ownage, though, just get 'em the old fashioned and faster way from now on noobs

 

[Zyenet]

Haha, this actually made me laugh. It'll take Nintendo forever to remove them all, if ever.

Wonder if JR and RU are still up...I'll find out eventually...

 

[RupeeClock]

A certain site seems to have risen from the ashes.

And by risen by the ashes, I mean resolved its suspension issue which was more likely a hosting problem, and NOT action taken by nintendo.

 

[Rock Raiyu]

A certain site seems to have risen from the ashes.

And by risen by the ashes, I mean resolved its suspension issue which was more likely a hosting problem, and NOT action taken by nintendo.

Do you mean...*checks* Yes its back!

 

[Ferrariman]

What did I tell you guys? Just a hosting bandwidth prob

 

[DeMoN]

Did they shut down Megaupload? Nope. Topic closed.

 

[ChaosBoi]

Meh, Nintendo and any other companies will never win. There will always be someone out there to pick up the job where the fallen has left off. It happens with everything because there's always a way around something when it comes to technology. It's like the eternal battle between good and evil.