Uploader Gets A Fine Of $1.5 Million For Uploading NSMB Wii

This person was allegedly the first to upload New Super Mario Bros. Wii to the internet, doing so on November 6, one week before the game was released (an act that facilitated creative works in addition to piracy).

Not only is this bad news for this one guy, it should also serve as a warning to other would-be pirates. “Upon the game being uploaded to the Internet, Nintendo was able to employ the use of sophisticated technological forensics to identify the individual responsible for illegally copying the file and making it available for further distribution,” Nintendo said in a press release. “On 23 November, 2009, Nintendo obtained a Federal Court search order in respect of the individual’s residential premises. This led to the seizure of property from those premises in order to gain further evidence against the individual.”

Seriously, guys, do not duplicate that disc.

Man Facing Prison Over R4 Cartridges

It’s not just the Japanese throwing people in prison over R4 flash cartridges; Britain is in on the act too, with a man sentenced to prison for importing R4 cards.

Yun Can Meng, a British resident, will spend the next twelve months behind bars after importing 26,500 of the cartridges, with the intention of selling them in the United Kingdom.

R4 carts, and other similar devices, circumvent the copy-protection measures in place on Nintendo’s DS handhelds, allowing users to play not only custom titles or backups of games they legally own, but in some cases pirated copies of games as well.

He was busted after a joint investigation by the The Entertainment and Leisure Software Association’s Crime Unit and local police.

The ELSPA’s Michael Ralinson was understandably pleased, beaming “Our crime unit is pleased with the outcome of this trial and pleased to see the Court of Appeal’s copyright judgement is being robustly enforced. Intellectual property (IP) theft is an important issue for the country’s videogames industry – as is protecting it.”

Chinese Knock Off PSPgo?

Oh yes the PSPgo has just been released by Sony and those handy Chinese already disassembled it to do things their way. How? well by simply creating it by them self.  Just have a look at the pictures and specs here:

MP4 Specifications

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