Re:Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2....
by kevingadd on Monday March 04, 2024 @02:21PM
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Arguably, precedent (Bleem) supports yuzu here, the reality is that Nintendo doesn't really need a sound legal foundation to file a lawsuit against you, and their legal team can outspend almost anyone on the planet, so they can probably force almost anyone into a settlement, just like yuzu. The DMCA is a plague but I think this case would have resulted in a settlement even if the DMCA didn't exist, because Nintendo's resources dwarf the yuzu team's to that extent.
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Re:Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2....
by CM30 on Monday March 04, 2024 @02:52PM
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The problem (as per usual) is that the legal system is horribly biased in favour of whoever has the most money/resources. When one side has millions/billions to spend on lawyers and legal fees and the other doesn't, then the former is almost certainly going to drive the latter into settling (or bankruptcy), regardless of whether the latter did anything illegal.
There needs to be a way to fix the system so that both sides of any court battle are on (fairly) equal footing, and having significantly more resources than your opponent doesn't tilt the field in your favour in any practical way.