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Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu (overkill.wtf)

submitted 9 months ago by Ninjazzon@infosec.pub to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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New documents filed Monday, February 26 reveal that videogame giant Nintendo is taking action against the creators of the popular emulator tool Yuzu.

The copyright infringement filing, from Nintendo of America, states that the Yuzu tool (from developer Tropic Haze LLC) illegally circumvents the software encryption and copyright protection systems of Nintendo Switch titles, and thus facilitates piracy and infringes copyright under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Nintendo alleges that Tropic Haze's free Yuzu emulator tool unlawfully allows pirated Switch games to be played on PCs and other devices, bypassing Nintendo's protection measures.

The official Yuzu website suggests that the tool is to be used with software you yourself own: "You are legally required to dump your games from your Nintendo Switch" — but it's common knowledge, that this is not how these tools are primarily used.

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[-] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 64 points 9 months ago

Thanks for the Streisand effect Nintendo. Hadn't even heard of this until now. Now I'm downloading everything, and I'll be donating to the devs if possible. And telling my friends to do the same. I will continue not giving you money for over 10 years now.

Eat shit.

[-] u_tamtam@programming.dev 20 points 9 months ago

I agree with the sentiment and everything, but the whole gaming console industry has gone to crap after they started putting hard drives/storage in them with the goal of needing you to be online and not owning anything anymore. They are all equally despicable for that. Which makes emulation even more essential, just for preserving those games into the future when the online front will inexorably shut down.

[-] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I agree with this as well. However, Nintendo is like the Disney of lawsuits for the gaming industry. No one, and I mean NO ONE protects IP like they do.

[-] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Sega might be 2nd place or on par if you ignore Sonic

[-] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

I can't boast of your 10-year track record, but my next 10 years started today. I canceled my Nintendo online and I'm selling my switch. Fuck Nintendo