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Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu (overkill.wtf)
submitted 9 months ago by Ninjazzon@infosec.pub to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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New documents filed Monday, February 26 reveal that videogame giant Nintendo is taking action against the creators of the popular emulator tool Yuzu.

The copyright infringement filing, from Nintendo of America, states that the Yuzu tool (from developer Tropic Haze LLC) illegally circumvents the software encryption and copyright protection systems of Nintendo Switch titles, and thus facilitates piracy and infringes copyright under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Nintendo alleges that Tropic Haze's free Yuzu emulator tool unlawfully allows pirated Switch games to be played on PCs and other devices, bypassing Nintendo's protection measures.

The official Yuzu website suggests that the tool is to be used with software you yourself own: "You are legally required to dump your games from your Nintendo Switch" — but it's common knowledge, that this is not how these tools are primarily used.

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[–] fraksken@infosec.pub 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What's the crowd funding site for Yuzu legal fees?

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.patreon.com/yuzuteam

If you wish to support us a different way, please join our Discord and talk to bunnei. You may also contact: donations@yuzu-emu.org.

Or you could wait until the EFF commits to representing Yuzu (like they did for youtube-dl) and donate to the EFF at that point

There's a request on r/yuzu for a GoFundMe, but it has no response from the devs so far.

[–] nintendiator 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or you could wait until the EFF commits to representing Yuzu

Any news on this?

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

They offer legal aid to high-profile open source cases. So if you want them to notice, raising awareness of Nintendo's current actions against Yuzu is a good step