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GitLab takes down Nintendo Switch emulator suyu due to the DMCA (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[-] echo64@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

The suyu devs do not understand the legalities behind why yuzu was shut down. It wasn't because of keys. It was because it could break copyright protection mechanisms, which is in violation of the dmca.

The suyu devs think that by saying, "we don't support piracy, you have to provide your own keys" is enough, and there's case law to show it isn't. Your project needs to be incapable of breaking copyright protection mechanisms with or without keys.

[-] Lojcs@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Yuzu didn't ship with the keys in the first place. The reason it was sued and folded was because they optimised it for totk before totk came out. It's not that the software could break copyright protection, it's that they did while developing it.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

How does that interact with legal protections for reverse engineering at all?

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