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This won't matter. The goal will be to run them out of money. It's an open source project and they most likely don't have the capital to fund any sort of leng
by johnny99k 3y ago
This won't matter. The goal will be to run them out of money. It's an open source project and they most likely don't have the capital to fund any sort of lengthy lawsuit.
- theultdev 3y agoIt matters for future precedence. It can be used to win cases against other emulators and even shut them down with limited legal action.
- borski 3y agoThat’s where approaching someone like the EFF comes in.
- giancarlostoro 3y agoNow would be their time to shine. I know they do plenty, but this would be a great time for them to show up.
- teeray 3y agoI really wish our system had some kind of financial handicap when it came to access to the legal system. Weaponizing the legal system to bankrupt people that would be found Not Guilty shouldn't be possible.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoI always wondered what would happen if litigants and defendants could contribute to a common legal fund which would equally fund their attorneys. It would at maximum make litigation twice as expensive which may be worth it alone.
- theultdev 3y agoIf it's twice as expensive then the defendants would run out of money sooner right? You would have to somehow set a limit of legal expenses, which seems... difficult. You would have to win to get the common fund, you may not get that far if you have to pay into the fund and amount a defense.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoThere might be a miscommunication. The litigants and defendants would not be compelled to contribute equal amounts. Just the disbursement would be equal.
- theultdev 3y agoThen why would the litigants contribute in the first place? If nothing compels them to, they won't, so effectively the status quo.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoWhat I'm hearing is that it solves the problem of Nintendo being to outspend the defendant. If Nintendo brings a lawsuit and spends zero dollars on court cost, it should be rather easy for the defense to also contribute zero and the lawsuit is avoided. Problem solved.
- theultdev 3y agoAnd if Nintendo spends $10 million dollars? And Yuzu spends $25,000 and maybe wins the first case but runs out of money during the appeal and defaults judgment. Nintendo gets the pot because they won right? As I pointed out to another user, this reverses the damage if they win, but does not solve the problem of preventing them from being able to win. Now if you make it where if you want to spend $5 on lawyer fees, you have to loan $5 to the other side and if the other side wins they don't have to pay it back, that may work.
- diego_sandoval 3y agoUnless the EFF or a similar org supports them.
- nodja 3y ago> The goal will be to run them out of money. They're already making $30k/month on patreon and you can easily foresee that this legal action will cause a call to arms for even greater funding, if that was indeed their goal they could have targeted the much smaller ryujinx and set a precedent.
- GabrielTFS 3y agoNintendo might try to get an injunction to stop the Patreon (or just DMCA Patreon) to prevent them from getting funds...
- vineyardmike 3y ago30K is nothing when it comes to paying for lawyers. This money will be gone by the time anyone enters a courthouse.