Wednesday, November 28, 2007

R4 technically legal and Nintendo is giving up the fight

Well, finally R4 and other such 'piracy enabling devices' are recognised as legal devices, though it can be used for illegal purposes such as piracy. See the news here.

A lot of devices are also 'piracy enabling devices', such as your photocopy machine, the CD/DVD writer on your PC right now. They are legal tools but once used inappropriately, they turn illegal.

The recent SLS raid in which a few shops have their R4 or other carts seized along with pirated games. After the R4 has been used as evidence, they should be returned as they are not the offending materials.

Waiting for an official announcement from Nintendo to settle the issue.

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