Another case of big corporations changing and challenging freedoms and rights to suit their needs and greed. Sure it hasn't happened in the US....yet! You can bet it will happen sooner or later because these are capitalist countries after all, they are run by the rich and priveleged. How many poor heads of state are there in Europe and America? Now if your leaders, senators, MPs, etc.... are big investers in big business, do you think they will vote against their own welfare?
Now in this case, has this guy really hurt Nintendo's sales or is the opposite true? Has this device increased the DS's value, probably! In fact he might have indirectly encouraged others to buy the DS. I bought my first console because it could be chipped, I could never afford all the games I wanted to play and even though I did buy a few, I still got "fake" ones too. Just because I can't "hack" my console doesn't mean I will purchase every game I play. I could instead choose to buy them used and that would certainly put a dent in the ridiculous theory of lost revenue due to piracy!