Comment on Twilight Princess decompilation project reaches 99% completion
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
This sounds like a loading bar for Nintendo’s lawyer, once it reach 100% they send c&d letter
Comment on Twilight Princess decompilation project reaches 99% completion
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
This sounds like a loading bar for Nintendo’s lawyer, once it reach 100% they send c&d letter
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 day ago
Never happened with many Zelda and Mario games before. They are on the safe side, if the code is 100% self written. The assets are not part of the project, they can be extracted from the official games. This is legal.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
C&D is part of the SLAPP suits strategy, and isn’t really about legal or not, it’s intimidation until someone give up due to the legal fee of fighting said lawsuit. It happened to Yuzu.
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 day ago
This is not what happened to Yuzu. They gave up, because the Yuzu team would lose the case. Nintendo collected evidence in their Discord server, how the developers of Yuzu shared Tears of the Kingdom millionth of times. It was 100% not legal. On the other side, we are talking about legal projects like decompiling.
If you are so right, why didn’t Nintendo Cease and Desist prior projects? What makes it Twilight Princess so different or special, that it will happen now? I know why, because Nintendo can’t do anything here. Cease and Desist letters are a personal request, not a legal threat. If the team ignores it, nothing will happen.
kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I’m not sure Nintendo cares about what’s legal
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 day ago
It doesn’t matter what Nintendo cares, if it is legal.
killingspark@feddit.org 1 day ago
The experience and risks of being sued depends heavily on the amount of money you have. Just being sued, even if eventually unsubstantiated, sucks hard. It consumes time, energy, and money, and all this time you live with the “but what if I get the one bad jusge,?”