<s>
freeShop	B-Application
was	O
a	O
homebrew	B-Application
application	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
that	O
allowed	O
games	O
to	O
be	O
downloaded	O
from	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
's	O
servers	O
without	O
being	O
previously	O
purchased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
freeShop	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
before	O
being	O
removed	O
from	O
GitHub	B-Application
following	O
a	O
DMCA	O
takedown	O
notice	O
sent	O
in	O
late	O
December	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
freeShop	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Thomas	O
Edvalson	O
,	O
known	O
online	O
as	O
TheCruel	O
,	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
freeShop	B-Application
used	O
a	O
user-submitted	O
database	O
of	O
"	O
tickets	O
"	O
to	O
decrypt	O
games	O
downloaded	O
from	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
servers	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
available	O
without	O
any	O
authentication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
taken	O
down	O
from	O
GitHub	B-Application
after	O
Nintendo	O
sent	O
a	O
DMCA	O
takedown	O
notice	O
requesting	O
its	O
removal	O
on	O
December	O
27	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
freeShop	B-Application
application	O
provided	O
at	O
infringes	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
copyrights	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
application	O
circumvents	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
technological	O
protection	O
measures	O
in	O
violation	O
of	O
the	O
Digital	O
Millennium	O
Copyright	O
Act.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
its	O
removal	O
from	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
freeShop	B-Application
was	O
distributed	O
via	O
other	O
means	O
,	O
and	O
piracy	O
of	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
games	O
directly	O
from	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
servers	O
continued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
began	O
requiring	O
authentication	O
for	O
downloads	O
of	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
games	O
,	O
making	O
freeShop	B-Application
and	O
similar	O
tools	O
non-functional	O
.	O
</s>
