My guess is that Nintendo -- and others -- will start working on the EU to change its IP laws.
If you can't win in court, you win in the legislature.
As for the ruling, obviously there are legal things that you can do with those carts as well as illegal things, so it is a very tangled mess. However, if this were America and Nintendo felt that it is important enough, it can always appeal until the opposition is unable to continue. I do not know what is and is not allowed in the French (or European) justice systems.
On a side note, I often wondered why states in the US allowed "radar detectors" (devices which let drivers -- especially speeding drivers -- know when their speed was being measured by radar) to be legal. To me, those have no lawful uses but are only banned -- by law -- in a few places (Virginia and Washington DC are all that I know about).
Mike from Morgantown
 I am Mario.I like to jump around, and would lead a fairly serene and aimless existence if it weren't for my friends always getting into trouble. I love to help out, even when it puts me at risk. I seem to make friends with people who just can't stay out of trouble. Wii Friend Code: 1624 6601 1126 1492 NNID: Mike_INTV |
