Nintendo Cracks Down on Copying Devices

Adrian Lopez writes "Nintendo is cracking down on mod chips and copying devices with the help of the Hong Kong government. 'The Hong Kong High Court has intervened, at Nintendo's request, to help stop a global distribution operation involving game copying devices and modification chips that violate the copyrights and trademarks of Nintendo DS and Wii. On Oct. 8th, the court ordered the raid of Supreme Factory Limited facilities, through which Nintendo representatives seized more than 10,000 game copying devices and mod chips over the course of three days. The devices seized are used to copy and play Nintendo DS games offered unlawfully over the Internet, and the mod chips allow the play of pirated Wii discs or illegal copies of downloaded Nintendo games.'"

Comments

Re:You can't do anything but admire...

[CGDR2]

Yeah, but how many more people use it for illegal purposes than legal purposes? Being absolutely, 100% honest, it's not fair to expect Nintendo, or any other company to simply do nothing because a few people genuinely want to back up their games.

Re:But they wont achive much

[Blakey Rat]

I was wondering how the Slashdot community would respond to this article which is so against its ethos. I mean, everybody here loves Nintendo and the Wii, but everybody here also loves pirating movies, music and games... how do you resolve that? Ah! Brilliant, we'll just say it's impossible!