The Original Article I found it was important enough for it be easily read in English. Even Steam, and my Own Slave Master has issues with these shady sites offering zip files of God knows what.

With a ‘clean’ URL, producer begs for removal of illegal content Nintendo has been battling piracy for decades. This time, the publisher wants to undo any search links that direct the user to illegal content. Instead of regular DMCA notifications, the gaming company uses anti-circumvention complaints to have Google remove URLs from jailbreak software and flash card adapters from its search engine. The Team-Xecuter program is the main target, but the company also targets legitimate stores like Newegg.

The company has an internal anti-piracy division that signals recent threats and eventually provides oversight guidance. The initiative resulted in several actions against ROM sites, as well as blocking other portals. The attitude also places e-commerces that sell r4i memory card adapters.

However, in recent months the company has adopted another strategy to limit the availability of these sites worldwide by turning to Google directly. The game company has sent removal warnings to the search engine trying to knock down thousands of URLs. However, these requests are not a guarantee of official ban. With that in mind, Nintendo flags the sites for violating the DMCA anti-circumvention provision.

“Nintendo’s technology protection measures (‘TPMs’) ensure that only official copies of its game software can be played on Nintendo’s video game systems,” writes Nintendo.

“The circumvention devices, products or components offered on the reported links bypass Nintendo TPMs so that users can play unauthorized copies of Nintendo game files that are offered illegally over the Internet,” it added in a statement.

Although Google has voluntarily opted out of URLs, there is no need to leave a counter-notification option. The situation puts the “pirate” sites at a disadvantage.