Nintendo Loses Lawsuit Against DS Flash Cards

[SantoUno]

Now if only the same would happen with Microsoft...

 

[DRTJR]

if i where nintendo i'd stop translating major seres games in french as well as stop printing instrution manuels in french. there one of the smaller NU markets.

 

[seious]

yes score one for seious.... i mean booo thats afwul first they screw ireland over now nintendo whos next?

 

[G-Mang]

I'm surprised by the negative backlash. It was a ruling in favor of consumer rights: if you buy a product, you should be able to actually do what you want to it. Just like the previously mentioned example of how people are allowed to change any aspect of their cars. Nintendo's setup would be like if microsoft suddenly decided which companies were allowed to make USB devices for windows. People are just used to having little control over consoles.

This last statement is especially ironic because of Microsoft's recent actions [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/96313-Microsoft-Sued-for-Locking-Out-Third-Party-Memory-Cards] rendering third party flash memory cards to be ineffective on the Xbox 360.

I don't think that counts as irony, cause he said "windows," not "microsoft." :0

 

[tk1989]

I wonder if that judge even realizes that he just supported piracy or if he's completely and blitheringly ignorant of how gaming works.

You could argue however that he is helping allow homebrew content to be playable easily on the DS. Yes, the decision is a boost for piracy, but its also a boost for homebrewers and those who like to play those games.

 

[lodo_bear]

I may just be an OS nut and a France fanboy, but this seems like a good idea to me. Would someone explain to me why and how this could be a bad thing? I simply do not grok.

 

[Crossborder]

This sucks. Why do they even file a lawsuit? I have a flashcard and i only use it for homebrew. That's not unreasonable, right?

 

[CoronaryThrombosis]

This is an isolated incident in France. In America, Nintendo would now own everything of the Divineo Groups, including their pants, cars and wives/husbands.

Very true. French common law is completely different than English common law, which is what the U.S. system (except Louisiana) is based on. I want to see what happens if Divineo Groups gets sued in other parts of the EU

 

[CoronaryThrombosis]

if i where nintendo i'd stop translating major seres games in french as well as stop printing instrution manuels in french. there one of the smaller NU markets.

They translate into French for Canada though, and Canada is a good sized market.

 

[j0frenzy]

-sigh- Nintendo should put some more lockout than just regional lockout on their systems... that would stop things like this from ever happening.

The DS doesn't even use regional barriers.

 

[j0frenzy]

This sucks. Why do they even file a lawsuit? I have a flashcard and i only use it for homebrew. That's not unreasonable, right?

Because it is very easy to download actual games onto those flash cards. In short, they want to limit piracy.

 

[geldonyetich]

Man, I'd be sweating if I worked at Nintendo right now. The French court just green-lit the hardware needed for piracy on my platform, with potential for this to become the precedent for all platforms, you say? Crap.

 

[orangeapples]

Pirates are a clever group, They find ways of working around the law. And now they operate in the magical land of the internet, where no laws exist.

I'd have to agree with the judge, unless...

I haven't read the Nintendo DS' EULA, but is it against the ToS to use a third party card?

The next cave of video game systems will have an anti-piracy chip that will self-destruct when a non-licenced product is put inside, causing the system to become bricked.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

if i where nintendo i'd stop translating major seres games in french as well as stop printing instrution manuels in french. there one of the smaller NU markets.

They translate into French for Canada though, and Canada is a good sized market.

They speak French in Canada? Damn you, you've just made me hate yet another country.

 

[zehydra]

Guys... It's france.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

I haven't read the Nintendo DS' EULA, but is it against the ToS to use a third party card?

I doubt it, if it was, they'd have easily won the Lawsuit, right?

 

[Ocelano]

-sigh- Nintendo should put some more lockout than just regional lockout on their systems... that would stop things like this from ever happening.

The DS doesn't even use regional barriers.

Actually going to that I alway's hated regional barrier's I'm an aussie and as such have lost track of how many great looking games which I can't play merely because some us/jap developer didn't think there would be much point making Region 4 releases of their programs If I want to play the, then I either need to modchip my equipment which I don't know where to get or by a whole new system from the us but I can't be bothered spending an extra 400 dollars on a system I already own