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Australian R4 Reseller Ordered to Pay Fine to Nintendo

By pete_gallagher

Chalk up another win for Nintendo Down Under.

An Australian Federal Court has ordered RSJ IT Solutions, operators of the website GadgetGear, to stop selling R4 mod chips and to pay Nintendo $520,000 AU in damages reports Australia's ITNews. The chips are meant to be used with Nintendo's DS handheld and allow users to transfer files or games to the machine, bypassing protection built into the DS.

Two affiliated respondents, Patrick Li and James Li, were also charged in the original claim by Nintendo and were ordered to pay the Japanese game maker $100,000 AU. The pair was also ordered to file an affidavit in which they will name suppliers that they purchased R4 chips from.

This ruling follows Nintendo's settlement with an Australian man earlier this month over a leaked copy of Super Mario Bros.Wii. As a result of the settlement, James Burt will reportedly pay Nintendo $1.5 million AU in addition to paying for Nintendo's court fess in the case.

Thanks Ryan!

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on February 18, 2010 (boomark / email).