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bozo Feb 27, 2024

Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu

Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu - Lemmy.World

Nintendo’s full case filing [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/519627952648880128/1212141332412235787/1.pdf?ex=65f0c196&is=65de4c96&hm=b91e24f1c26e4fb3599891133c9058059e3df12ebeba2b79fd4c5ea7c12bba5e&] _____ https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1762576284817768457/ [https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1762576284817768457/] “NEW: Nintendo is suing the creators of popular Switch emulator Yuzu, saying their tech illegally circumvents Nintendo’s software encryption and facilitates piracy. Seeks damages for alleged violations and a shutdown of the emulator. Notes 1 million copies of Tears of the Kingdom downloaded prior to game’s release; says Yuzu’s Patreon support doubled during that time. Basically arguing that that is proof that Yuzu’s business model helps piracy flourish.”

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Dudewitbow Feb 27, 2024

the funniest shit about the paperowrk is that nintendo indirectly says nintendo is doing illegal work because they claim a video game emulator is a piece of software that allows users to unlawfully play pirated video games that were published for a specific console on a general purpose device.

they either have to say NSO/Nes/Snes classic are not emulation, or admit their definition of emulators is not the universally accepted definition of it, else Nintendo just Claimed Nintendo is serving up and charging for an unlawful service that is NSO.

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TORFdot0

I really want a real explanation on how I’ve caused Nintendo financial harm by format shifting my legally owned games. Especially considering I pay for NSO. At some point there has to be precedent that a pirated download does not equal a lost sale and that the individuals are responsible for the infringement and not the tools.