▲ 647 ▼ Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu, developers settling lawsuit from Nintendo with $2.4M payout, handing over its domains, and agreeing "Yuzu [is] primarily designed to circumvent [DRM]". (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by pivot_root@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 153 comments fedilink hide all child comments This also includes ceasing development and destroying their copies of the code. The GitHub repo page for Yuzu now returns a 404, as well. In addition, the repo for the Citra 3DS emulator was also taken down. As of at least 23:30 UTC, Yuzu's website and Citra's website have been replaced with a statement about their discontinuation. Other sources found by @Daughter3546@lemmy.world: https://gbatemp.net/threads/yuzu-emulator-shutting-down-paying-nintendo-2-4-million-in-lawsuit-settlement.650039/ https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendos-yuzu-lawsuit-puts-emulation-in-the-spotlight-opinion https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-says-tears-of-the-kingdom-was-pirated-1-million-times-pre-release-in-lawsuit-against-emulator-creator There is also an active Reddit thread about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1b6gtb5/
[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yes, but the emulator doesn't circumvent any copy protection. It utilizes the decryption key from your own hardware (assuming you dumped it yourself) to run ROMs which have already had the DRM circumvented by whatever was used to dump them in the first place (which the emulator doesn't do). This is generally the same reason why emulators such as Bleem (which works the same way as Yuzu with the decryption keys but for PS1) have been ruled legal in past court cases. A good analogy would be that you're using their keys, on their locks, but put in a different door. permalink fedilink source parent [–] stoly@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* Honestly permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yes, but the emulator doesn't circumvent any copy protection. It utilizes the decryption key from your own hardware (assuming you dumped it yourself) to run ROMs which have already had the DRM circumvented by whatever was used to dump them in the first place (which the emulator doesn't do). This is generally the same reason why emulators such as Bleem (which works the same way as Yuzu with the decryption keys but for PS1) have been ruled legal in past court cases. A good analogy would be that you're using their keys, on their locks, but put in a different door. permalink fedilink source parent