▲ 904 ▼ After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 2 years ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/games@lemmy.world 206 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sma3in@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) we know emulation is legal, but we're still going to legally have a legal reason to take y'all emulators to court angry face permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation Strategic lawsuits against public participation (also known as SLAPP suits or intimidation lawsuits), or strategic litigation against public participation, are lawsuits intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition There are many, many variants. The idea is the smaller player can't really afford to fight in court, so even if the larger actor has shaky legal claims they will still win. permalink fedilink source parent [–] viking@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago Bypassing copy protection has always been the number one reason, it was never emulation per se. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation Strategic lawsuits against public participation (also known as SLAPP suits or intimidation lawsuits), or strategic litigation against public participation, are lawsuits intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition There are many, many variants. The idea is the smaller player can't really afford to fight in court, so even if the larger actor has shaky legal claims they will still win. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago Bypassing copy protection has always been the number one reason, it was never emulation per se. permalink fedilink source parent