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ELSPA threatening to take legal action against retailers who sell R4 Cards for the DS

Tyranitar24 | July 10, 2008 | News | DS Company Gaming Tech/Hardware 
The R4 card, as well as N5, M3, and TT cards, allow gamers with a DS to download games illegally and play them on the DS. John Hillier, ELSPA's Crime Unit Manager, said that if retailers (Amazon, eBay) don't stop selling these cards, they will have no choice but to take legal action against them. Nintendo has said that they are monitoring the R4 situation.
Sales of DS titles are suffering due to the rise in popularity and availability of R4 ‘piracy’ Cards, MCV can reveal.

The R4, along with similar devices such as the M3, N5 and TT, allow users to download games illegally and play them on a DS. And the cards can be bought from a host of retailers, including the likes of Amazon, eBay traders and independent retailers.

But ELSPA’s IP Crime Unit manager John Hillier has warned the trade that unless the sale of these items halts, the trade body will be forced to act.

“There are various SD cards for the DS that illegally circumvent the copyright protection in place and allows copied games to be played,” he explained to MCV.

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    Chad and Protoman | July 11, 2008 | reply
    I thought ebay had some rule against this whole r4 cards? I tried to look for one on ebay and they said it was against piracy issues.
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    Sakuraba Neku | July 11, 2008 | reply
    Wait wait, is this ELSPA thing, from the US or not, as I have never heard of them.

    *hopes it is not US as I want to buy an R4*
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    Chad and Protoman | July 11, 2008 | reply
    im sure it is only in america can you find this. shouldn't they also try to ban games n music by action replay? I mean I havent heard a lot about games n music but ive heard that it can be used for the same thing.
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    Chad and Protoman | July 11, 2008 | reply
    no i mean games n music as far as i know it has nothing to do with cheating. its aproduct made by ar. some one told me that with the right files it can do things like the r4
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    Livewire_19 | July 11, 2008 | reply
    "Nintendo is monituring the situation."
    Nintendo DOES NOT CARE!
    And the point of Games n Music is for homebrew not nds roms, it is much more legal. But I don't know if roms even work on it but I have never tried.
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    Special K | July 11, 2008 | reply
    Ebay and amazon do very little retailing of these cards. The majority come strait from online retailers in Hong Kong.
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    Marshal Loss | July 12, 2008 | reply
    Yeah I though Ebay had a thing against it as well ;o
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    Chad and Protoman | July 18, 2008 | reply
    turns out ebay dosen't its just hard to find them.

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