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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Small caveat:

The first switch emulator that was taken down (I think yuzu), was justified by Nintendo as copyright infringement because people (including moderators) were sharing copyrighted material openly on their public discord. BIOS files, links to games, and early leaks.

The more recent one (Ryujinx I think) was the one that did things right, so Nintendo didn't have that copyright leg to stand on. So instead (according to the maintainer of the Mac fork) they sent goons to the house of the head dev in Brazil... to "talk" him into taking it down.

[–] vozercozer@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Wait, they sent people to their house? What the fuck? Are they a video game company, or the mob?

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You could ask the same thing of Wizards of the Coast who sent goons to a guy's house over some Magic The Gathering cards.

We live in an age where these two things are becoming interchangeable.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] shani66@ani.social 3 points 8 months ago

God we really are beyond fucked, aren't we?

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

In 1999, Nintendo got a woman in Japan arrested over - and get this - sharing erotic fan art. I've read they also might've sent private detectives to stalk after her before the arrest, but couldn't find anything quickly. Anyway it sparked a big shit storm and a debate about what copyright holders are allowed to do, legally and morally.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago

I read an article about a leather artist who recycled secondhand Gucci (I think? It was a big name fashion brand is all I recall) bags into wallets and things like that, and despite everything being clearly labeled to make sure nobody could mistake it for an official product, they had a similar experience. I wish I could find the article again, because I don’t remember what came of it and my search skills are failing me.

[–] avattar@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They are from Japan, so yakuza? They probably just hire local muscle, though.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 points 8 months ago

The Ryujinx dev is Brazilian IIRC.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I mean, they are located in Japan, so it's not like Yakuza don't exist (though to be fair Yakuza don't really target foreigners).

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wow, this is kind of thing that can make one reevaluate what methods are most appropriate when dealing with corruption and oligarchs.