3 ms·
Emulators per se are not illegal. Most likely.
by emodendroket 2y ago
Emulators per se are not illegal. Most likely.
- humzashahid98 2y agoIf emulators in general were illegal, Nintendo would be in trouble too and would be obliged to remove the emulated games it sells on the Virtual Console.
- irjustin 2y agoYou believe the sword is double edged, fair and cuts both ways. It does not.
- unixhero 2y agoBeautiful, that is poetry man!
- brigade 2y agoWell no, any theory of emulators being illegal would be under the DMCA, which bans DRM circumvention without the authority of the copyright owner. But Nintendo is selling games with said authority, so it wouldn't apply.
- emodendroket 2y agoThere's a difference between if I try and sell you a digital copy of Super Metroid and if Nintendo does, right? Nintendo's argument would be that the emulator itself is no different.
- sambazi 2y agosome argue that emulation infringes on their patents, but i am not big on the concept of monopolizing ideas myself.
- emodendroket 2y agoWell, yeah, the best precedent we have is the Sony and Bleem case. But the funny thing about common law systems is the precedents are really important until someone tries again and the precedent is suddenly thrown out.