Nintendo Accuses Console-Emulator of Hacking Mario Kart, Zelda
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The video game emulator Yuzu circumvents encryption on Nintendo Switch games, making them available on other platforms like personal computers and mobile phones in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, according to a lawsuit from Nintendo of America Inc.

Nintendo’s full case filing

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."

  • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
    421·
    7 months ago

    I sincerely hope that Yuzu developers don’t end up like Gary Bowser and have their income garnished for life by Nintendo.

    • Essence_of_Meh@kayb.ee
      221·
      7 months ago

      As much as I dislike Nintendo and wish Yuzu devs all the best I’d like to point out that Bowser wasn’t some innocent guy who was caught by big bad company - Moonie has a video that goes into specifics about his involvement with a pirate enterprise worth a shitton of money.

      Other than that yeah, I hope they can survive this situation. I wonder if Ryujinx devs are next.

      • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        91·
        7 months ago

        Isn’t moonie the dude who shit talked Karl Jobst and ended up deleting his video because Jobst called him out on how wrong he was on pretty much everything and how terrible his research was. Like literally just watched a couple YouTube videos level research? Don’t know if I can trust someone who would fuck up THAT bad. I get people make mistakes sometimes but that’s just complete negligence especially for someone with an audience that big.

        • Essence_of_Meh@kayb.ee
          1·
          7 months ago

          No idea, I’m only familiar with some of his videos so can’t say one way or another. Is there any place I could read about it?

          Edit: Also, I believe the video I mentioned has links to specific legal documents surrounding this case so it should be easy to fact check. Still, I’m not trying to whitewash the situation you wrote about would love to learn more if it happened.

      • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        He’s not innocent and went to jail for it, but does it warrant garnishing his income for life? I think they went too far with that.