Re:Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu
by bentley on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @05:06AM
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> It's called contributory copyright infringement. The Supreme Court only ruled that the VCR was legal based on a very narrow use case…
That 1984 Supreme Court decision was a 5–4 ruling. Can you imagine the deleterious effect on the home electronics industry if, in 1984, a single justice had voted the other way, and the VCR had been ruled an inherently infringing device?
That 1984 Supreme Court decision was a 5–4 ruling. Can you imagine the deleterious effect on the home electronics industry if, in 1984, a single justice had voted the other way, and the VCR had been ruled an inherently infringing device?