Nintendo fights piracy through counsel

Nintendo of Europe has expanded its anti-piracy team in order to get rid of those pesky R4, M3 and EZFlash piracy cartridges.

Nintendo is ramping-up its fight against videogames piracy by expanding its European anti-piracy team and appointing its first European anti-piracy counsel. Neil Boyd arrives at Nintendo from Warner Brothers, where he was responsible for developing and implementing the entertainment group's enforcement strategy to combat piracy of Warner Brothers' film, TV and entertainment content on the internet and in respect of hard goods.

Prior to joining Warner Brothers, Neil represented the interests of the international record companies in his role as Legal Advisor at IFPI Secretariat London, managing civil litigation against pirate online platforms and replicators in territories as diverse as Brazil, Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, Italy and Hong Kong.

Neil will be assisted by Jonathan Tully, who has been appointed as European anti-piracy legal advisor, and Matthias Damm, who is appointed as European anti-piracy legal advisor.

Jonathon joined from Bristow Solicitors when he has been coordinating intellectual property enforcement activities on behalf of the Business Software Alliance and has been involved in a number of internet piracy related matters. Jonathan has also worked at Universal Music and at United News & Media. Matthias joins from the Institute for Information Law at the University of Karlsruhe where he taught Information and internet law as well as assisting on research projects.

Jodi Daugherty, Senior Director for Anti-Piracy at Nintendo, said: "Creating a pan-European anti-piracy team shows how seriously Nintendo takes the threat of video games piracy and our willingness to take action against criminals who are making money out of the infringement of games developers' copyright.

"We are delighted to be able to bring in people with wide experience of anti-piracy action. Neil, Jonathon and Matthias bring with them a breadth of experience in battling internet and physical piracy and have considerable expertise in working with industry associations, dealing with content security issues and piracy-related communications matters."

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