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I’ve come to the conclusion that people have a really really poor understanding of copyright and the DMCA, which probably stems from a history of normalized abu

by dcow 3y ago

I’ve come to the conclusion that people have a really really poor understanding of copyright and the DMCA, which probably stems from a history of normalized abuse by recording industry and motion picture associations. I bet most people don't even know that they’re legally allowed to circumvent DRM in order to maintain archival copies of any media they own. Like people, Nintendo CANNOT restrict your right to obtain and use the Wii common key for any purpose other than you intentionally and solely helping others circumvent copyright law to steal games. It’s Nintendo’s problem, not yours, if they don’t like emulators. It’s refreshing to see such a thorough understanding by Dolphin and their lawyers.

6D794163636F756 3y ago
DMCA and copyright in general are huge legal doctrines that it takes multiple years of formal education just to begin practicing. You're definitely correct that people have a terrible understanding of it. I think what you laid out is something visible in a lot of non dolphin emulators. They have disc rippers available but don't come with the device firmware or games pre loaded.
wtallis 3y ago
> I bet most people don't even know that they’re legally allowed to circumvent DRM in order to maintain archival copies of any media they own. 17 USC § 1201 has quite a few parts (subsections (a) through (k)), but I don't think any of them describe the exception you claim exists. Are you referring to one or more of the time-limited narrow exceptions granted by the Librarian of Congress?
johnnyanmac 3y ago
>Like people, Nintendo CANNOT restrict your right to obtain and use the Wii common key for any purpose other than you intentionally and solely helping others circumvent copyright law to steal games. okay, can you risk that financially? There are cases where emulators have won in court, and then soon after shut down. And that was a pretty profitable venture too compared to modern open source emulation. We're not going to properly address this until we have proper precedence to the point where it's a slam dunk. And I'm sure Nintendo chooses its battles very carefully.

by dcow 3y ago

6D794163636F756 3y ago

DMCA and copyright in general are huge legal doctrines that it takes multiple years of formal education just to begin practicing. You're definitely correct that people have a terrible understanding of it. I think what you laid out is something visible in a lot of non dolphin emulators. They have disc rippers available but don't come with the device firmware or games pre loaded.

wtallis 3y ago

> I bet most people don't even know that they’re legally allowed to circumvent DRM in order to maintain archival copies of any media they own. 17 USC § 1201 has quite a few parts (subsections (a) through (k)), but I don't think any of them describe the exception you claim exists. Are you referring to one or more of the time-limited narrow exceptions granted by the Librarian of Congress?

johnnyanmac 3y ago

>Like people, Nintendo CANNOT restrict your right to obtain and use the Wii common key for any purpose other than you intentionally and solely helping others circumvent copyright law to steal games. okay, can you risk that financially? There are cases where emulators have won in court, and then soon after shut down. And that was a pretty profitable venture too compared to modern open source emulation. We're not going to properly address this until we have proper precedence to the point where it's a slam dunk. And I'm sure Nintendo chooses its battles very carefully.