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"Hey, don't use code for our dead game console we stopped manufacturing 22 years ago and don't support anymore!"
Who gives a fuck, Nintendo?
Nintendo could benefit greatly by just allowing these kind of projects, but that would be out of character and we can't be having that.
It's a bit like if Metallica had just embraced Napster
It was Scorpions that went after Napster, no?
It was primarily Metallica.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_v._Napster,_Inc.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKX2bNP7QM
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Lars Ultrash was the most publicly outspoken and often quoted in the Record Companies PR propaganda push for the DMCA and against Napster. He came off like a greedy bitch at the time, and created the perceptions of Metallica as a cash grab sell out band more than they already were being seen as by long time fans.