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Re:Intel fires warning shots at Microsoft, says x86 emulatio... by wtallis on Saturday June 10, 2017 @07:56PM (#14529878)
How many suits against console emulators have gone to trial? I would think nobody who makes or sells console hardware actually wants to risk such a case going to trial, because the best case is that they win and can't recover any meaningful damages, but the worst case outcome is that they establish precedent that the emulator is legal.
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Re:Intel fires warning shots at Microsoft, says x86 emulatio... by kakarot on Saturday June 10, 2017 @08:51PM (#14530055)
Well, that's exactly it. It has gone to trial before and emulator devs win every time. The precedent has already been set. That's what spawned my comment, because I don't understand the differences between x86 emulation and, say, Cell processor emulation, from a legal standpoint.
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Re:Intel fires warning shots at Microsoft, says x86 emulatio... by emodendroket on Sunday June 11, 2017 @08:55AM (#14531790)
Bleem did, at least.
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