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> The legality of emulation was strongly upheld under pre-DMCA copyright law in U.S. court decisions where console makers lost against emulator developers. SCE
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> The legality of emulation was strongly upheld under pre-DMCA copyright law in U.S. court decisions where console makers lost against emulator developers.
SCEA v. Bleem was filed in 1999, and the DMCA came into effect in 1998.
- gjsman-1000 3y agoAh, but the DMCA Section 1201 took effect in 2000-2001. Many other DMCA sections were delayed to take effect in the years following the law's passing.
- schoen 3y agoCareful, §1201(a)(1) (to which the exemption rulemaking process applies) was delayed, but §1201(a)(2) and §1201(b) (which don't have the exemption rulemaking attached) were not delayed this way. (a)(1) is an "acts" provision while (a)(2) and (b) are "tools" provisions.
- monocasa 3y agoBut the DMCA's 1201 provisions didn't apply to Sony v. Bleem since the DRM scheme of the PlayStation didn't attempt to stop you from copying, but instead focused on stopping a legitimate PS1 from playing copies.
- omoikane 3y agoI don't think SCEA started the lawsuit because they were sure they would win, I think the intent was to make Bleem run out of money. "Bleem!, financially unable to defend itself, was forced to go out of business." From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleem%21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleem%21
- schoen 3y agoThanks for the correction. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39599019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39599019 for a more detailed reply.