"The Nintendo Wii homebrew/hacking scene hit a big case of misfortune.
Recently after the encryption for the Wii virtual console games was decrypted. Many sceners did not want this to publicly happen, as they feared it would shorten the lifespan of the Wii from piracy, and Nintendo would be more adamant in patching holes for newer firmwares."
http://www.1emulation.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=26916
Sorry if this is old but it was the first time I heard about it =p.