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Re:Nintendo is removing switch emulation videos on Steam Dec... by JoshTriplett on Thursday March 03, 2022 @07:09PM (#30548833)
> One might say that you bought a license to a game

One might claim that, and that claim should be rejected.

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Re:Nintendo is removing switch emulation videos on Steam Dec... by avindroth on Thursday March 03, 2022 @07:53PM (#30549145)
Isn’t this how the market works? You don’t own the game - you own the game on the platform, for as long as it lasts. This is the base rule for console games. You kinda know the deal when you buy it.
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Re:Nintendo is removing switch emulation videos on Steam Dec... by Nursie on Thursday March 03, 2022 @08:35PM (#30549501)
> This is the base rule for console games.

Really not well established, no. You may "know the deal" but the idea that your ownership is time limited by the life of the platform is unlikely to hold up well in a legal setting, IMHO.

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Re:Nintendo is removing switch emulation videos on Steam Dec... by JoshTriplett on Friday March 04, 2022 @06:47AM (#30553415)
Multiple court cases have established that emulation is legal, and that emulators are "transformative". "This innovation affords opportunities for game play in new environments".
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