UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

January 15, 2010

UK Resident Yun Can Meng has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges of illegally importing R4 game copier cards into the country.

Meng was arrested for importing over 26,500 of the R4 cards, which allows a user to use pirated content on a Nintendo DS, and was busted as a result of the combined work of The Entertainment and Leisure Software Association’s (ELSPA) Crime Unit, Hull City Council Trading Standards Department and the Humberside Police force.

Meng was sentenced in Hull Crown Criminal Court.

ELSPA Director General Michael Ralinson on the sentencing:

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.

Posted in Court Cases ELSPA Piracy

Comments

Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by axiomatic on Sun, 01/17/2010 - 13:52.

My favorite part is that when/if we start jailing people for intellectual property crimes we will likely be releasing a violent criminal to make room for this non-violent IP criminal.

Common sense is out the window.

Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 00:12.

Or just start giving people the chair because they coudln't wait to head ot Best buy to get the latest GTA.

Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 18:48.

I wonder how long before you have to buy MP3 players that are prelaoded with music and cant be altered or changed, nor can the battery recharged as adding a port for that would risk hackers finding a way to alter the media o nthe drive.

Heh, for that matter, they may as well move toward outlawing audio speakers. I suppose I better turn in my six CD changer too, as someone might walk i nand hear it without paying for it.

Heh, we may be moving toward a world where if yo uwalk by a store playign music, a guy in a suit won't let you continueu ntil you pay up, and for every second you're charged.

Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by ZippyDSMlee on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 22:37.

its called the Icrap,you know I phone,Ipod,Iaple..... I crap!

Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy! CP/IP laws should not effect the daily life of common people! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/

I have a dream, break the chains of copy right oppression! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/what-is-cigital-disobedience/

Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 23:36.

I don't use oen of those, I got a cheaper Philli[ps playe.r Not as much storage space but it still have the functionality.

Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by tallimar on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 21:31.

i think you just described the RIAA's wet dreams... seriously though, i wouldnt be suprised if that's the record companies' long term goal.

Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 22:26.

Same here. Or if we're moving toward beign charged to play a game demo. Or there being little counters on advertisements that begin calculatign howm uch you owe them forl ooking at the ad, or how much you owe for watching a movie trailer.

Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by chadachada321 on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 17:32.

According to Nintendo and every major game company, and the government, yes, you are a criminal :(

-Optimum est pati quod emendare non possis-It is best to endure what you cannot change-

Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by ZippyDSMlee on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 14:50.

I can't wait till they make unapproved recording and playing equipment illegal........ you simply can not make hardware "illegal" *sigh*

Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy! CP/IP laws should not effect the daily life of common people! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/

I have a dream, break the chains of copy right oppression! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/what-is-cigital-disobedience/

Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by Dejiko on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 16:22.

Isn't that was just happened here? Sure, R4 cards are mainly used for piracy, but that isn't all they can be used for (I think anyway...)

Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by ZippyDSMlee on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 16:34.

Pretty much and its a shame......instead of targeting the real threats they want to make anything thats not doubly approved and paying twice in licensing fees to be ok'd to sell......

Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy! CP/IP laws should not effect the daily life of common people! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/

I have a dream, break the chains of copy right oppression! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/what-is-cigital-disobedience/

Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by Ratros on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 17:18.

I haz R4, am I criminal?

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Re: UK R4 Card Importer Sentenced

Submitted by ZippyDSMlee on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 22:36.

I have a M3 I like it better a shame the DS sucks for video as I have spent a whole 20ish hours on it game wise in 2 years.....

Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy! CP/IP laws should not effect the daily life of common people! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/

I have a dream, break the chains of copy right oppression! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/what-is-cigital-disobedience/

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ddrfr33k: Wow, didn't realize it was that ambiguous. Internet terrorists sound like the next tinfoil hat conspiracy02/09/2012 - 1:09am

Andrew Eisen: Newegg has the same deal.02/09/2012 - 12:59am

Uncharted NES: http://m.kotaku.com/5883236/get-a-3ds-for-just-150-at-gamestop02/08/2012 - 11:00pm

Andrew Eisen: Not that it matters, I am just needling you after all.02/08/2012 - 10:34pm

Andrew Eisen: To be fair, I don't think that's what he was facepalming and if he was, that would still be three. MP's would make it four, but that happened after the fact. The rest of the posts are about us commenting on his repeated misuse, not the misuse itself.02/08/2012 - 10:34pm

DorthLous: To be fair, I did count ddrfr33k post as well, and, well, this dead horse would now be at 7 posts ^^02/08/2012 - 10:10pm

MaskedPixelante: BREAKING: Valve is the best production team this side of Studio B. See, I can do it too.02/08/2012 - 9:45pm

Andrew Eisen: Four to five? Really? That doesn’t sound right. Wait a moment, let me count... Nope, it was just one. And if you meant four to five between us, there's still only two.02/08/2012 - 9:03pm

DorthLous: And, you guys, always take about 4-5 posts to explain it in the shoutbox each time. It's like people complaining about reposts or "First!" posters. Just ignore the annoying part, guys.02/08/2012 - 8:51pm

RedMage: I do want to point out how sad it is that Andrew has had to point this out to you at least three times by my knowledge, Uncharted.02/08/2012 - 7:31pm

Andrew Eisen: If you have to ask, maybe you should consider breaking your annoying habit of prefixing nearly every story you link to with an all caps "breaking" or "urgent." Especially when it's only ever been appropriate twice.02/08/2012 - 5:37pm

Uncharted NES: For the report or the breaking?02/08/2012 - 5:10pm

ddrfr33k: @Uncharted: that's just facepalm-worthy. ISHYGDDT...02/08/2012 - 2:02pm

Uncharted NES: BREAKING: UK Report Blames The Internet For Terrorism, Says ISPs Should Take Down Content- http://tinyurl.com/86syhe202/08/2012 - 10:59am

lomdr: Then again, no site and publisher wants a repeat of KaneandLynchGate02/08/2012 - 6:39am

ZippyDSMlee: oh dear....... then again US rags give the most medicore crap 8s and 9s like crazy....02/07/2012 - 11:18pm

Andrew Eisen: 40 is a perfect score and less than 20 games have ever received that distinction.02/07/2012 - 10:18pm

ZippyDSMlee: I hope thats a low score >>02/07/2012 - 10:11pm

Andrew Eisen: My God. Famitsu gave New Love Plus a 38.02/07/2012 - 10:02pm

ZippyDSMlee: Damn Dungeon sige 3 is pretty crappy....02/07/2012 - 8:19pm

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