mesamune@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoNintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulatedwww.timeextension.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1459arrow-down17cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workspiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up1452arrow-down1external-linkNintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulatedwww.timeextension.commesamune@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square53fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workspiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squarecelsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoExactly. This is settled law. Backing up your own games and playing them via emulation is legal and not copyright infringement. DMCA’s should not apply here.
minus-squarefuzzzerd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoShould is the key word here. You pay a lawyer to find out, which probably isn’t worth it.
Exactly. This is settled law. Backing up your own games and playing them via emulation is legal and not copyright infringement. DMCA’s should not apply here.
Should is the key word here. You pay a lawyer to find out, which probably isn’t worth it.