R4 Cards Banned in UK
 

Interesting stuff, watch out all you dodgy R4 users :D


http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS

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that explains r4i.co.uks desperate measures to shift the stock they have then with offer upon off upon offer. Which I bought a job lot more while I could

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Certainly looks that way.

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This will be fun. my niece goes to a well to do school where all the kids have got these DS's using them cards. the parents actually share the games for the other kids by using a laptop and transferring what games some haven't got to theirs.

I was shocked when I found out. considering a lot of them are in high paid jobs and quite stuck up.

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there are still legit sites with them on offer though.

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I was going to mention that. I'm having constant sale emails.

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also all the reports say R4 nothing about the other brand of cartridge. Will wait till we get a fuller picture

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r4i site seems to be down which is a bit of a pain since I need to replace my acekard :mad:

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This bit is a bit worrying

This means although Jailbreaking has been declared legal in the US, based on that logic Jailbreaking can be banned here.

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thats ok we can still easily access the software to do it ;)

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Yup.

AFAIK & IANAL, etc. ...

This is all ultimately the fault of the WIPO Copyright Treaty, which prohibits the "circumvention of technological measures" used to protect copyrighted works.

The WIPO Copyright Treaty was brought into US Law by the infamous Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) (which at least, as shown by the recent Jailbreaking ruling, has a method for exemptions to be applied for & granted).

The WIPO Copyright Treaty was brought into EU Law by the EU Copyright Directive, which was in turn brought into UK Law by the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 which amended the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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All this means is its added to a whole list of other things banned in the UK that continues to be sold but illegally instead. It would be amusing to see a police officer searching your Nintendo DS

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Nothing about already owning the things i see.......:angel:

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Yeah, I read that too, they ban R4DS's but there are loads of alternatives you can buy (from loads of other countries too).

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Like the M3 DS..