but I was wondering/hoping that other people here may share my dislike of these sorts of people and also send reports to ebay.
I hate it too, especially those internal compact flash cards with 4000+ games preloaded. Having said that I've done nothing about it because nobody else with the power to do stuff legally will give a rats. It annoys me since it reduces the value of those people trying to sell boxed games, because it encourages piracy to continue (people should be paid for their work), because the games these days are so cheap anyway and because it cheapens the tactile boxed product to just another file/adf/dms whatever.
I have a Nintendo DS development card, I specify "development" here because it is one of those R4DS (IIRC) and I don't pirate* - I genuinely use it to put all my games on one cartridge, play oggs, watch Family Guy (etc) and to develop with devkitpro. Prior to deciding I want a game I get a copy online test it (as the DS has no demos) then buy the game (deleting the copy if I didn't like it). Currently I have about 30 games and some homebrew
and thats it. What irks me is that the pirates in the UK have just ruined it for people like me because they've just made the sale of these cards illegal grrrrrrr. Unfortunately it was bound to happen, but the judge should've considered fair use and VHS legal decision more IMHO. I have blank CDs, should I be branded a pirate - on the basis of the judge's decision as it can be used to infringe, then yes apparently.
* Pirate => not paying for the game
