It's tricky though. As I said on Eurogamer (to which I was negatived and the idiots there just went on about Nintendo not doing stuff right), as NOE is based in Germany, they have to follow German laws. MS and Apple don't run their Europe bases in Germany so they don't have to, but Nintendo do. They made Germany the European HQ before this law occured and moving would be incredibly costly and detrimenal to their business; Nintendo aren't exactly doing brilliantly in Europe.
As much as it sucks, it's how business works. They're subject to the laws in the country in which it is based and that's how it is