A French court recently threw out a lawsuit filed by Nintendo where the use of flash carts on the Nintendo DS is concerned. Guess homebrew programmers as well as those who dabble with DIY projects won’t have their earth come crashing down, while folks who use these flash carts to run pirated games on the DS can continue to do so thanks to the protection of the law. No doubt Nintendo is peeved about this, but hopefully they won’t make things too proprietary for the consumer in the near future.