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Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Over R4 Mod Chip Piracy

Posted by Soulskill on from the sorry-about-your-luck dept.

schliz writes "The Federal Court has ordered an Australian distributor to pay Nintendo over half a million dollars for selling the R4 mod chip, which allows users to circumvent technology protection measures in Nintendo's DS consoles. The distributor, RSJ IT Solutions, has been ordered to cease selling the chip through its gadgetgear.com.au site and any other sites it controls, as well as paying Nintendo $520,000 in damages."

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  1. Softmod anybody? by blake1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does anyone actually use Modchips on their Wii any more?

  2. Re:Games from different regions? by thelanranger · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But someone like MS would include a tricky license agreement with the product which says something like "By opening this box you agree that you did not actually purchase this hardware but are only leasing it indefinitely from Microsoft Corporation" blah blah blah which allows them to break it remotely or take it back from you if you harm it.