Just don't advocate for theft. It's not a controversial topic. Stealing is wrong. Enabling stealing is wrong. Yuzu rightly lost because they crossed over the line.Don't worry. I'll take my ignorance somewhere else.
Just don't advocate for theft. It's not a controversial topic. Stealing is wrong. Enabling stealing is wrong. Yuzu rightly lost because they crossed over the line.Don't worry. I'll take my ignorance somewhere else.
I'm aware of one legal precedent: the Bleem! emulator who prevailed against a lawsuit from Sony, but was run out of business due to legal fees:US law seems to disagree.
they settled because nintendo was never looking to win a lawsuit here, even if anti-emulation dorks don't seem to understand that corporations can bully the little guy using the legal system even if their lawsuit is bullshitYep. Yuzu settled for millions of dollars and will shut down because they were operating 100% legally. Clearly, this makes loads of sense. They should have hired you to be their lawyer because you surely would have won this case for them.
Do you remember the "Hackintosh" lawsuits by chance?
This is all really clear cut, even if PC dorks who love to steal don't seem to understand.
Read. The. Details.good god
nintendo ninjas are going to be feeling themselves now, going after everyone
emulation is legal, people. nothing grey about it.
that’s what you get when you charge for an emulator and allow people to play an unreleased game before launch daySo Yuzu is dead, right? There's no way they continue working on the emulator now.
It's a fucking tragedy. Anyone who says "b-b-but piracy!" is being extremely shortsighted.
Edit: Oh, wow, yeah. It's totally dead. This sets a terrifying precedent. Emulation is (basically) illegal now. Good luck to anyone wanting to start a project now, because if a company wants to shut you down, they will and fast.
They don't charge for it , it's freethat’s what you get when you charge for an emulator and allow people to play an unreleased game before launch day
You know you arent suppose to play nintendo game like zelda tears of kingdom, mario wonders etc on pc since nintendo never released those games on pc technicaly what you do is ilegalFucking horrible. Emulation is not illegal. Fuck Nintendo also.
How is this legally interpreted? Since an emulator allows one to play pirated software, how would that work? Claiming that players would only play their backed-up games only or something along those lines?there's no gray area. this is legal activity. it's 100% legal to get paid for it. Dolphin could have been sold for profit on Steam, and it's only because of a gentleman's agreement between Valve and Nintendo that it was removed. That's not a legal precedent.
Not just playing pirated games this yuzu guy also advocating his viewer to follow him to do the same and getting patreon money from it hes taking advantage of the whole situationHow is this legally interpreted? Since an emulator allows one to play pirated software, how would that work? Claiming that players would only play their backed-up games only or something along those lines?
Someone had to have done some research on this.
I already posted the research, it's Sony's lawsuit against Bleem!. Bleem won.How is this legally interpreted? Since an emulator allows one to play pirated software, how would that work? Claiming that players would only play their backed-up games only or something along those lines?
Someone had to have done some research on this.
US law agrees, this was settled out of court without a judge or jury looking at it.US law seems to disagree.
Emulators are liable if they fail to properly discourage their users from piracy.Emulators are not responsible for the copyright infringement of their users.
Nintendo killing emulation so they can sell you two gen old games and hardware in the current gen for full price.
Ahh, so that's how it works. As long as there's no direct involvement with actual software distribution, it's legal.Emulators are not responsible for the copyright infringement of their users.
Please point me to anything substantiating this. It would be totally incoherent. Emulation of game consoles is far from the only or even most popular form of software emulation. Would Apple be liable if a user used Rosetta to play an infringing copy of PC Ratchet and Clank?Emulators are liable if they fail to properly discourage their users from piracy.
Which is a good point to remind everyone that IconEra does not approve of piracy.
Yes, emulation is good and an extremely important contribution to the overall gaming culture.Ahh, so that's how it works. As long as there's no direct involvement with actual software distribution, it's legal.
One of the biggest reasons I own a PC is to emulate older games we no longer have access to. I don't support emulating new games people have full access to but will always support people preserving older titles. Especially when these companies themselves refuse to port/make them available. Hell, an emulator allows me to play my favorite MP game that got shut down in 2012. With full content.