• @[email protected]
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    The top IP lawyer at Nintendo agreed that emulators are technically legal at a panel for intellectual property rights.

    They run afoul of the law when they bypass encryption, recreate copyrighted programs, or point users to pirated material.

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      Yes, this wasn’t an admission because it’s a well-known fact that is not inconsistent with Nintendo’s earlier actions. The headline is deceptive and people don’t read the article. The article itself contains no new information and it is only worth reading for someone who has been deceived by the headline and needs to be set straight by the same people who wrote the deceptive headline. It’s click bait that shouldn’t exist.

      • AnyOldName3
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        51 day ago

        Nintendo used to have a page on emulation on their website incorrectly claiming that it was always illegal and all emulators had solely been created to enable piracy. This new claim is not compatible with their previous action of having that page.

      • William
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        In theory, it’s possible for games that don’t use encryption. None of which are official Switch games.