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Yuzu developers agreed to pay $2.4 million in damages to Nintendo to settle their lawsuit (storage.courtlistener.com)
submitted 8 months ago by bozo@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Everyone in the emulation scene can breathe a sigh of relief.

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 142 points 8 months ago (26 children)

Im not a lawyer, but is this really good news? Isnt this just setting a precedent that Nintendo can shake down any emulator developer for ~2.4m any time they feel like it? So small developers are basically screwed?

[–] Grntrenchman@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean, small developers who set up a money-making pateron based on an emulator for a currently sold system, without providing a way to pull your own system info or games from carts (and is therefore heavily reliant on piracy of things currently being sold by the parent company to run) is basically screwed, but this isn't news, and pretty much every other emu dev would run away screaming from such a setup.

They really put themselves in this boat, but since that money-making pateron is a thing, they're probably wiping those tears with dollar bills.

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