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Yuzu emulator shutting down, paying Nintendo 2.4 million in lawsuit settlement (gbatemp.net)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/nintendo@lemmy.world
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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's how legality in regards to something like emulators works. Emulation is not illegal, but profiteering from games being ripped and played without a legal license is. Which Yuzu did.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    No, that's also not how it works. Reverse engineering and making a profit from your clone is legal. Breaking DRM for compatibility reasons is in fact exempted and legal too. Nintendos argument is that they broke DRM for piracy, but the tools can still be legal and legal precedence supports that

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