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[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 233 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Because emulation is legal. It shouldn't have to be hidden. This was taken through the courts in 2001 with the Sony vs Bleem lawsuit.

What appears to be happening is Nintendo is abusing its power and money to make threats of legal action that these groups just can't afford to fight, even though they haven't done anything illegal. It should be coming as a surprise that Nintendo is coming for them, because this is completely legal, and not some fan game using Nintendo IP (which is what they normally shut down).

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Legal in the US. I think this guy is in Brazil.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Is nintendo the source of the "come to brazil" meme? 🤔

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The Sony verdict didn’t establish emulation as legal

At most you find that it established using mods/creating derivatives is illegal

And on the low end it found that using pictures from competitors in advertising as comparison isn’t illegal

[–] millie@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

That sounds like grounds for some kind of legal action. Antitrust? Class action? I don't know the specifics of the best strategy for approaching it, but if Nintendo is showing a pattern of using their legal team to harass legally operating emulator developers that sounds like something that should be actionable.

[–] BrowseMan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

From what u understood It's a bit more complicated than that. Emulation is rather not illegal and in very thin ground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wROQUZDCIMI