The Sunday Post's Euan Duguid recently quoted ELSPA Intellectual Property Crime Unit manager John Hillier as saying that "90 percent" of all North America DS owners own an R4 flash cart and use the device to pirate games.
90 percent? You've got to be kidding me. Most people here in the states don't even know what an R4 is. Sure enough, a spokesperson for ELSPA denied the statement today.[blockquote2][John] didn't quote The Sunday Post on any figures whatsoever. ELSPA would certainly never presume to comment about America or anywhere else outside of the UK.[/blockquote2]So where did the number come from? Apparently the writer over at the The Sunday Post grabbed the information from an unnamed website based in Singapore, which consisted of false quotes and twisted facts.
ELSPA distances itself from DS piracy report [GI.biz]