Nintendo Clamping Down Against Switch Emulation by Suing Yuzu.
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Why is emu illegal, though? Some kind of DMCA bullshit? That seemed like kind of what Nintendo was alluding to by saying "decryption."
Emulation isn't, but newer consoles require BIOS images to run, and those would be protected, unless they're custom. Maybe YUZU is distributing them?
Not all Switch games rely on the Switch's firmware/BIOS. However all(retail) of them are encrypted and you need to either find the keys elsewhere or dump them from your own Switch(assuming you can run homebrew on it)
Could be even if they're not distributing the BIOS binaries that distributing tools to actually use them constitutes enabling circumvention, which you can be sued for separately. Like the people that first enabled DVD playback on Linux.
I really don't know; that's why I was asking.
Officially, per the DMCA, if a company encrypts their product in any way shape, or form, that counts as a written notice of them refusing to allow you to copy the product. Now, this directly conflicts with the DMCA saying that any home user, library, or educational institution can make backup copies, but since when has the law ever broken in the favor of the normal person?
Yep, the DMCA pretty much says if the mfr employs encryption the mfr can set out any use scheme they want and you have to obey it. It's like a EULA that you don't have to sign. It's typical and telling of the US congress that the only time they'll actually pass legislation is to screw people over for the benefit of Big Media.