Comment on Nintendo sues a streamer for streaming ten games before their release
pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoWhile it’s true that they’ve been attacking emulators for a long time, they haven’t been able to do too much about them because of Sony v Bleem.
Modern emulators exist in a legal gray area, though, and might be violating the DMCA. The more of these assholes that pop up and get sued, the higher the likelihood that one of them refuses to settle, gets steamrolled by Nintendo, and gives them and every other console manufacturer the legal precedent that emulators are piracy/DRM-circumvention tools.
KingRandomGuy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Sony v Connectix is the actual case that set the precedent for emulation, not Bleem. The Bleem case decided whether or not the use of screenshots of copyrighted games to advertise their emulator was legal. I believe it just deferred to the Connectix case for the legality of the emulator.
pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Thanks for the correction. I sometimes get those two mixed up in my memory, and it’s a really stupid problem that I need to fix.