Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8k emulator-related DMCA takedowns

Nintendo is in an interesting position whereby they are actually selling emulators as a product to this day. Which gives them more of a leg to stand on in these sorts of efforts, regardless of whether or not I personally agree.

Re: Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8k emulator-related DMCA takedowns

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Post by pipes » Sat, May 04, 2024, 5:48 AM UTC

I thought this was going to be all Nintendo emulators, thankfully it is only yuzu (switch emulator) related.

Re: Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8k emulator-related DMCA takedowns

#8

Post by dannyw » Sat, May 04, 2024, 5:51 AM UTC

I wonder if there’s a “git over BitTorrent”.

Having a cryptographically signed (by authors, not by GitHub) and fully open source git hosting network would be a boom for FOSS security in general.

Re: Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8k emulator-related DMCA takedowns

#9

Post by dgellow » Sat, May 04, 2024, 5:54 AM UTC

dannyw wrote: post #8

I wonder if there’s a “git over BitTorrent”. Having a cryptographically signed (by authors, not by GitHub) and fully open source git hosting network would be a boom for FOSS security in general.

https://radicle.xyz/

Re: Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8k emulator-related DMCA takedowns

#10

Post by langsoul-com » Sat, May 04, 2024, 5:55 AM UTC

pipes wrote: post #7

I thought this was going to be all Nintendo emulators, thankfully it is only yuzu (switch emulator) related.

For now, Nintendo won the lawsuit against Yuzu, on grounds of piracy.

Given how most emulators can allow playing pirated games, the others might be next.