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Video Game Giant Nintendo Takes Action Against R4 Cards

After Spain and the UK, the Netherlands high court is the latest to rule out the use, sale, importation or marketing of R4 cards in their country. According to the telegraph “more than 100,000 game copying devices have been seized in the UK alone since 2009.”

Nintendo said in a statement that it “welcomed” the decision and that it would continue to “take action to prevent the distribution of pirated software and devices that allow illegally downloaded software to be played.”

“Nintendo takes this action not only for the company’s sake, but in the interests of its partners who spend time and money legitimately developing software for Nintendo videogame consoles and systems, and customers who expect the highest standards and integrity from products bearing the Nintendo name,” the company said.

Benoit Tabaka, Director of Legal and Government Affairs at also embraced the decision: “We take counterfeiting very seriously here at PriceMinister and it is good to know that brands like Nintendo are taking legal action.” He also insisted that the site’s very strict counterfeiting policy has been applied for years: “We use key words and other investigative measures to detect sellers …

Criminal Justice Takes a Special Turn For Troubled Veterans

May 30 was Memorial Day, when Americans remember those who died serving in the Armed Forces. And recently a special court has been formed which tries to keep troubled veterans out of prison. Military graves were decorated on the day with flags. Soldiers and sailors marched in parades honouring fallen. Unfortunately, living veterans are having a tough time. Unemployment among veterans who served since 2001 is hired to non-veterans. Veterans make up 20% of all suicides. Nearly a fifth of the homeless population in the United States of entrance. Substance abuse is pervasive. Many more have mental health problems, which often lead to criminal behaviour. Robert Russell, a judge in Buffalo, New York, after noticing an increasing number of veterans on his pocket, in 2008 credit the first court specialised and adapted to meet the needs of veterans.

Every Tuesday, Mr Russell presides over veterans treatment court, a hybrid of drug and mental health courts. It aims to divert people from the traditional criminal system. It provides veterans suffering from substance abuse, alcoholism and mental health issues, with treatment, support, training and housing. Each veteran is assigned a mental and also …