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After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] sma3in@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

we know emulation is legal, but we're still going to legally have a legal reason to take y'all emulators to court angry face

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago

See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation

Strategic lawsuits against public participation (also known as SLAPP suits or intimidation lawsuits), or strategic litigation against public participation, are lawsuits intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition

There are many, many variants. The idea is the smaller player can't really afford to fight in court, so even if the larger actor has shaky legal claims they will still win.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 23 hours ago

Bypassing copy protection has always been the number one reason, it was never emulation per se.