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Nintendo has submitted a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice. Over 8,000 GitHub repositories It’s a hosting code from the Yuzu Switch emulator, and the Zelda maker has previously said it allows for “piracy on a huge scale.” This sweeping removal comes two months after Yuzu’s creators quickly settled a lawsuit with Nintendo and its notoriously trigger-happy legal team for $2.4 million.
GamesIndustry.biz beginning report It’s listed in a DMCA notice and affects 8,535 GitHub repositories. A compiled group representing Nintendo claims that the Yuzu source code contained in the repository “illegally circumvents Nintendo’s technical safeguards and engages in illegal copying of Switch games.”
GitHub says in the notice that developers will be given time to change their content before it is disabled. To maintain its developer-friendly approach and branding, the Microsoft-owned platform also provided legal resources and guidance on filing DMCA counter-notices.
Nintendo’s legal blowback, perhaps not coincidentally, comes amid a resurgence in gaming emulators. Last month, Apple eased restrictions on retro game players in the App Store (perhaps in response to regulatory threats). As a result, the Delta emulator has established itself as the de facto choice and has risen to the top of the App Store. Nintendo may have calculated that seeing the light of day on emulators would threaten its bottom line, and started by killing the one that most directly threatened its revenue stream.
Sadly, Nintendo’s largely unimpeachable legal attack on emulators important uses To them, it’s not copyright infringement. Game historians consider this software to be the cornerstone of game preservation. Without emulators, Nintendo and other copyright holders could end up making pieces of history obsolete for future generations, as compatible hardware would eventually become difficult to obtain.