Nintendo's Lawsuits Aided by Fans

Guppy06 writes "Last week there was a posting about Nintendo's efforts to crack down on people selling counterfeit Nintendo hardware and software, and there was at least one reply from a guy who reported someone to Nintendo. It turns out he's not alone; according to a posting at Nintendorks, NOA's Jodi Daugherty, their director of anti-piracy efforts, says it was helped by over 400 people reporting such kiosks to them."

Comments

Re:Glad to see Nintendo doing something about this

[JW Troll]

That's pathetic. You're a moron.

One man boycott

[Lord Kano]

What harm has Nintendo really done to people other than sue the occasional Warez site distributing old Nintendo ROMS?

My all time favorite arcade game was Killer Instinct. Not only did Nintendo refuse to release it for the "Ultra 64", which we all came to know as the Nintendo 64, but went on to defile my beloved game by bringing an ass sucking sequel to market and I will not even discuss the blasphemy that was Killer Instinct for the SNES.

So, now that all of the arcades have gotten rid of it my choices for playing the game I love are to use an unlicensed copy of the ROMs and hard drive image with an emulator or play the ass sucking Killer Instinct Gold for the N64 or playing the supremely ass sucking Killer Instinct for the SNES.

Fuck Nintendo. I haven't spent a cent on one of their products in about 9 years now. I have no plan on every giving them another cent of my money.

Now that I know Nintendo is pissed off about these "1200 games in one" devices, I just might have to pick one up.

Hell, less than a week ago I played Hogan's Alley on one at an expo show. (No Nintendo, I will not tell you where.)

LK

Some people need to GET A LIFE!

[pandrijeczko]

I'm no supporter of piracy believe me but Nintendo is just another mega-corporation whose only function in life is to milk the rest of us for as much money as possible so that a few fat cats at the top get rich.

If you're that much in love with a corporation that you have to spend time in your life to do their policing for them, then you probably need to go get a few extra hobbies.

I just wonder how many of these Nintendo "fanboys" would report someone selling a few pirated games but step over someone lying unconscious in the gutter...

Re:Something you won't see...

[Thaelon]

Ergo, the experience has now been duplicated, and hence stolen.

Once again, copyright infringement and/or illegally downloading movies is not stealing. Stealing involves physical goods. Taking a physical CD from a music store is stealing. Downloading a cd you don't own not stealing.

Stop believing what the RIAA/MPAA wants you to believe.

Nobody likes a snitch

[nurb432]

Take them out back, and teach them to mind their own damned business.

One of the main problems of todays world, people ( and governments ) cant keep their nose out of others affairs..

Re:Something you won't see...

[Phisbut]

Stop believing what the RIAA/MPAA wants you to believe.

Simply because file-sharing doesn't involve physical goods, which means it's not theft, doesn't mean it's not piracy, and it's not any more legal than theft.

Taking a physical CD from a music store is theft. Downloading a CD you don't own is piracy.