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Nintendo Is Now [?] Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulated (www.timeextension.com)
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[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As Russ notes, this is the second strike from Nintendo on his channel. The first, it's worth pointing out, was related to his coverage of a device which allows you to dump Switch games to your computer

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It should be noted, the only way to legally play an emulated game is to dump the files off a cart/cd/floppy/w.e that you personally own. Which makes this even more egregious, as the video is about a device that could be used for piracy, but is also one of the only ways to legally make a backup of your property.

[–] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I feel like Nintendo licence agreement for all the games would have some clause your not allow to dump or run the game on other hardware.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

I'm sure they do, however, as with 90%+ of most EULA's contents, that wouldn't stand up as legally binding in a fair number of countries.

[–] Sakychu@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Then give us a way to play those games. Oh no, wait we instead release a full price version of 3 Mario games for only a limited time..

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Sounds like the environment they wish to cultivate, just like the Disney Vault.

Edit: not defending, it sounds like their products should move to obscurity, like anime in the 80's.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 days ago

Fuck Nintendo