"NEW: Nintendo is suing the creators of popular Switch emulator Yuzu, saying their tech illegally circumvents Nintendo's software encryption and facilitates piracy. Seeks damages for alleged violations and a shutdown of the emulator.

Notes 1 million copies of Tears of the Kingdom downloaded prior to game's release; says Yuzu's Patreon support doubled during that time. Basically arguing that that is proof that Yuzu's business model helps piracy flourish."

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[–] poopsmith@lemmy.world 49 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Yuzu has any proprietary code. Folks have to go to other websites to download the Switch firmware and keys needed to play games.

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That's not really enough to be not in violation. For example, vlc can't natively decrypt blurays. This is because both its not bundled with the decryption library nor the decryption keys. Vlc out of the box can not decrypt blurays.

If yuzu can, if you provide some keys, eh that might be enough for them to win. It's certainly not enough to push nintendo away. You unfortunately need to be extremely careful around the dmca stuff.

[–] evranch@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You don't just need to provide keys, but an entire firmware dump. Yuzu contains no executable Switch code AFAIK

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Not claiming it does. It seems like it might have the tooling to break copyright enforcement if you give it the right keys is the problem.

[–] MolochAlter@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

It really depends on the kind of encryption being used. I'm pretty sure if it's a common algorithm that logic does not stand.