Yuzu was a Switch emulator developement group that was openly monetized and talked about which new N. Switch games they could get to run for their users, who were invited to patronize their work. They gave a tutorial on how to extract and install de-encryption keys, which was a key argument of the lawsuit.

Yuzu gave ''access to pre-released updates'' to patreons, an argument for Nintendo's claim that they were monetizing being able to play new torrented games.

The lawsuit, however, including several dubious or false claims ( ''One million Tear of the Kingdom leaked copies downloaded illegally before the official release!' ( trust me bro no source ).

Blaming Yuzu for this... except Yuzu emulator crashed if you tried to boot Zelda Tear of the Kingom before release. You couldn't play that game on Yuzu at that time.

Financially profiting off unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material is a big no-no, and there is actual money sitting on the table for the copyright owner to go and grab. Which Nintendo did.

They got sued by Nintendo and settled for 2.4m along with ceasing development and distribution.

Ryujinx, another emulator which can run over 80% ( but probably 40% - 50% bug-free ) of Switch games, is still going and not getting sued. Compatible on Windows, Mac and Linux. They have a Patreon though, so they might eventually get sued for profiting.

Emulating a console and extracting+using your own keys to play games you have a physical copy of is unambiguously legal. Other uses vary in legality depending on jurisdiction, but profiting off distribution is universally illegal.

Had Yuzu refused to settle and cease, they might have won, as they didn't distribute any game. But their lucrative ''buisness model'' was obviously based on their patreons filesharing copyrighted material, so they might have lost there.

Anyway the Yuzu code was open-source and got forked. But Ryujinx is still doing it best for now as far as I know.

Oh and all of this would apply with USA copyright law. Cue Russian and Chinese national anthem not giving a fuck.

Yuzu was a Switch emulator developement group that was openly monetized and talked about which new N. Switch games they could get to run for their users, who were invited to patronize their work. They gave a tutorial on how to extract and install de-encryption keys, which was a key argument of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, however, including several dubious or false claims ( ''One million Tear of the Kingdom leaked copies downloaded illegally before the official release!' ( trust me bro no source ).

Blaming Yuzu for this... except Yuzu emulator crashed if you tried to boot Zelda Tear of the Kingom before release. You couldn't play that game on Yuzu at that time.

Financially profiting off unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material is a big no-no, and there is actual money sitting on the table for the copyright owner to go and grab. Which Nintendo did.

They got sued by Nintendo and settled for 2.4m along with ceasing development and distribution.

Ryujinx, another emulator which can run over 80% ( but probably 40% - 50% bug-free ) of Switch games, is still going and not getting sued. Compatible on Windows, Mac and Linux. They have a Patreon though, so they might eventually get sued for profiting.

Emulating a console and extracting+using your own keys to play games you have a physical copy of is unambiguously legal. Other uses vary in legality depending on jurisdiction, but profiting off distribution is universally illegal.

Had Yuzu refused to settle and cease, they might have won, as they didn't distribute any game. But their lucrative ''buisness model'' was obviously based on their patreons filesharing copyrighted material, so they might have lost there.

Anyway the Yuzu code was open-source and got forked. But Ryujinx is still doing it best for now as far as I know.

Oh and all of this would apply with USA copyright law. Cue Russian and Chinese national anthem not giving a fuck.

Yuzu was a Switch emulator developement group that was openly monetized and talked about which new N. Switch games they could get to run for their users, who were invited to patronize their work. They gave a tutorial on how to extract and install de-encryption keys, which was a key argument of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, however, including several dubious or false claims ( ''One million Tear of the Kingdom leaked copies downloaded illegally before the official release!' ( trust me bro no source ).

Blaming Yuzu for this... except Yuzu emulator crashed if you tried to boot Zelda Tear of the Kingom before release. You couldn't play that game on Yuzu at that time.

Financially profiting off unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material is a big no-no, and there is actual money sitting on the table for the copyright owner to go and grab. Which Nintendo did.

They got sued by Nintendo and settled for 2.4m along with ceasing development and distribution.

Ryujinx, another emulator which can run over 80% ( but probably 40% - 50% bug-free ) of Switch games, is still going and not getting sued. Compatible on Windows, Mac and Linux. They have a Patreon though, so they might eventually get sued for profiting.

Emulating a console and extracting+using your own keys to play games you have a physical copy of is unambiguously legal. Other uses vary in legality depending on jurisdiction, but profiting off distribution is universally illegal.

Had Yuzu refused to settle and cease, they might have won, as they didn't distribute any game. But their lucrative ''buisness model'' was obviously based on their patreons filesharing copyrighted material, so they might have lost there.

Oh and all of this would apply with USA copyright law. Cue Russian and Chinese national anthem not giving a fuck.

Yuzu was a Switch emulator developement group that was openly monetized and talked about which new N. Switch games they could get to run for their users, who were invited to patronize their work. They gave a tutorial on how to extract and install de-encryption keys, which was a key argument of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, however, including several dubious or false claims ( ''One million Tear of the Kingdom leaked copies downloaded illegally before the official release!' ( trust me bro no source ).

Blaming Yuzu for this... except Yuzu emulator crashed if you tried to boot Zelda Tear of the Kingom before release. You couldn't play that game on Yuzu at that time.

Financially profiting off unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material is a big no-no, and there is actual money sitting on the table for the copyright owner to go and grab. Which Nintendo did.

They got sued by Nintendo and settled for 2.4m along with ceasing development and distribution.

Ryujinx, another emulator which can run over 80% ( but probably 40% - 50% bug-free ) of Switch games, is still going and not getting sued. Compatible on Windows, Mac and Linux. They have a Patreon though, so they might eventually get sued for profiting.

Emulating a console and extracting+using your own keys to play games you have a physical copy of is unambiguously legal. Other uses vary in legality depending on jurisdiction, but profiting off distribution is universally illegal.

Had Yuzu refused to settle and cease, they might have won, as they didn't distribute any game. But their lucrative ''buisness model'' was obviously based on their patreons filesharing copyrighted material, so they might have lost there.

Oh and all of this would apply to USA copyright law. Cue Russian and Chinese national anthem not giving a fuck.

Yuzu was a Switch emulator developement group that was openly monetized and talked about which new N. Switch games they could get to run for their users, who were invited to patronize their work. They gave a tutorial on how to extract and install de-encryption keys, which was a key argument of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, however, including several dubious or false claims ( ''One million Tear of the Kingdom leaked copies downloaded illegally before the official release!' ( trust me bro no source ).

Blaming Yuzu for this... except Yuzu emulator crashed if you tried to boot Zelda Tear of the Kingom before release. You couldn't play that game on Yuzu at that time.

Financially profiting off unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material is a big no-no, and there is actual money sitting on the table for the copyright owner to go and grab. Which Nintendo did.

They got sued by Nintendo and settled for 2.4m along with ceasing development and distribution.

Ryujinx, another emulator which can run over 80% ( but probably 40% - 50% bug-free ) of Switch games, is still going and not getting sued. Compatible on Windows, Mac and Linux. They have a Patreon though, so they might eventually get sued for profiting.

Emulating a console and extracting+using your own keys to play games you have a physical copy of is unambiguously legal. Other uses vary in legality depending on jurisdiction, but profiting off distribution is universally illegal.

Had Yuzu refused to settle and cease, they might have won, as they didn't distribute any game. But their lucrative ''buisness model'' was obviously based on their patreons filesharing copyrighted material, so they might have lost there.

Yuzu was a Switch emulator developement group that was openly monetized and talked about which new N. Switch games they could get to run for their users, who were invited to patronize their work. They gave a tutorial on how to extract and install de-encryption keys, which was a key argument of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, however, including several dubious or false claims ( ''One million Tear of the Kingdom leaked copies downloaded illegally before the official release!' ( trust me bro no source ).

Blaming Yuzu for this... except Yuzu emulator crashed if you tried to boot Zelda Tear of the Kingom before release. You couldn't play that game on Yuzu at that time.

Financially profiting off unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material is a big no-no, and there is actual money sitting on the table for the copyright owner to go and grab. Which Nintendo did.

They got sued by Nintendo and settled for 2.4m along with ceasing development and distribution.

Ryujinx, another emulator which can run over 80% ( but probably 40% - 50% bug-free ) of Switch games, is still going and not getting sued. Compatible on Windows, Mac and Linux. They have a Patreon though, so they might eventually get sued for profiting.

Emulating a console and extracting+using your own keys to play games you have a physical copy of is unambiguously legal. Other uses vary in legality depending on jurisdiction, but profiting off distribution is universally illegal.

Had Yuzu refused to settle and cease, they might have won, as they didn't distribute any game.

Yuzu was a Switch emulator developement group that was openly monetized and talked about which new N. Switch games they could get to run for their users, who were invited to patronize their work. They gave a tutorial on how to extract and install de-encryption keys, which was a key argument of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, however, including several dubious or false claims ( ''One million Tear of the Kingdom leaked copies downloaded illegally before the official release!' ( trust me bro no source ).

Blaming Yuzu for this... except Yuzu emulator crashed if you tried to boot Zelda Tear of the Kingom before release. You couldn't play that game on Yuzu at that time.

Financially profiting off unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material is a big no-no, and there is actual money sitting on the table for the copyright owner to go and grab. Which Nintendo did.

They got sued by Nintendo and settled for 2.4m along with ceasing development and distribution.

Ryujinx, another emulator which can run over 80% ( but probably 40% - 50% bug-free ) of Switch games, is still going and not getting sued. Compatible on Windows, Mac and Linux. They have a Patreon though, so they might eventually get sued for profiting.

Emulating a console and extracting+using your own keys to play games you have a physical copy of is unambiguously legal. Other uses vary in legality depending on jurisdiction, but profiting off distribution is universally illegal.

Yuzu was a Switch emulator developement group that was openly monetized and talked about which new N. Switch games they could get to run for their users, who were invited to patronize their work. They gave a tutorial on how to extract and install de-encryption keys, which was a key argument of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, however, including several dubious or false claims ( ''One million Tear of the Kingdom leaked copies downloaded illegally before the official release!' ( trust me bro no source ).

Blaming Yuzu for this... except Yuzu emulator crashed if you tried to boot Zelda Tear of the Kingom before release. You couldn't play that game on Yuzu at that time.

Financially profiting off unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material is a big no-no, and there is actual money sitting on the table for the copyright owner to go and grab. Which Nintendo did.

They got sued by Nintendo and settled for 2.4m along with ceasing development and distribution.

Ryujinx, another emulator which can run over 80% ( but probably 40% - 50% bug-free ) of Switch games, is still going and not getting sued. Compatible on Windows, Mac and Linux. They have a Patreon though, so they might eventually get sued for profiting.

Yuzu was a Switch emulator developement group that was openly monetized and talked about which new N. Switch games they could get to run for their users, who were invited to patronize their work. They gave a tutorial on how to extract and install de-encryption keys, which was a key argument of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, however, including several dubious or false claims ( ''One million Tear of the Kingdom leaked copies downloaded illegally before the official release!' ( trust me bro no source ).

Blaming Yuzu for this... except Yuzu emulator crashed if you tried to boot Zelda Tear of the Kingom. You couldn't play that game on Yuzu at that time.

Financially profiting off unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material is a big no-no, and there is actual money sitting on the table for the copyright owner to go and grab. Which Nintendo did.

They got sued by Nintendo and settled for 2.4m along with ceasing development and distribution.

Ryujinx, another emulator which can run over 80% ( but probably 40% - 50% bug-free ) of Switch games, is still going and not getting sued. Compatible on Windows, Mac and Linux. They have a Patreon though, so they might eventually get sued for profiting.

Yuzu was a Switch emulator developement group that was openly monetized and talked about which new N. Switch games they could get to run for their users, who were invited to patronize their work. They gave a tutorial on how to extract de-encryption keys, which was a key argument of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, however, including several dubious or false claims ( ''One million Tear of the Kingdom leaked copies downloaded illegally before the official release!' ( trust me bro no source ).

Blaming Yuzu for this... except Yuzu emulator crashed if you tried to boot Zelda Tear of the Kingom. You couldn't play that game on Yuzu at that time.

Financially profiting off unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material is a big no-no, and there is actual money sitting on the table for the copyright owner to go and grab. Which Nintendo did.

They got sued by Nintendo and settled for 2.4m along with ceasing development and distribution.

Ryujinx, another emulator which can run over 80% ( but probably 40% - 50% bug-free ) of Switch games, is still going and not getting sued. Compatible on Windows, Mac and Linux. They have a Patreon though, so they might eventually get sued for profiting.

Yuzu was a Switch emulator developement group that was openly monetized and talked about which new N. Switch games they could get to run for their users, who were invited to patronize their work.

Financially profiting off unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material is a big no-no, and there is actual money sitting on the table for the copyright owner to go and grab. Which Nintendo did.

They got sued by Nintendo and settled for 2.4m along with ceasing development and distribution.

Ryujinx, another emulator which can run over 80% ( but probably 40% - 50% bug-free ) of Switch games, is still going and not getting sued. Compatible on Windows, Mac and Linux. They have a Patreon though, so they might eventually get sued for profiting.