Nintendo wins lawsuit against German seller DS-flash cards

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In Germany, Nintendo has a lawsuit won against SR Tronic. The German company sells flash cards for the Nintendo DS. The court shall, in accordance with Nintendo devices that the play of pirated games, is illegal.

The verdict seems to still not online, but Nintendo has let know that the right SR Tronic has been sentenced to pay 1 million euros in damages to the Japanese company.

In January, the European Court of Justice have ruled that things like the conversion of the consoles itself is not per se prohibited, because there are also legal applications (for example for a modchip. It is therefore for the national courts to assess whether a modchip or flash card is illegal or not. The Dutch court has already ruled that the sale of flashkaartjes is illegal, and the German Court judges now, therefore, the same judgment.

Nintendo notes in its press release that the Japanese company is planning to continue with the prosecution of manufacturers, importers, and commercial vendors of hardware that the play of pirated games, facilitate. The appeal would be in the German case is still possible.

Flash cards like the R4, DSTT and Acekard are cartridges for the Nintendo DS, which from a sd-card roms of DS games can read and play. With such a flashkaartje so it is not necessary to have a DS game in the shop to buy; a of internet quota DS-rom is enough.