Nintendo takes down over 400 GitHub repositories for Switch emulators in one go — Relentless DMCA strikes tied to piracy concerns over illegal cryptographic keys

2 months ago by James R Kirk to c/emulation

Fork found in kitchen.

turbowafflz 13 points 2 months ago

I don't understand how they think they're ever going to stop open source software with lots of community interest from being developed and distributed. All they're doing is hurting their own reputation

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MurrayL 8 points 2 months ago

I think their goal is simply to force enough of it deeper underground that legit distributors (Steam, package managers, etc) won’t touch it and normal people will give up and buy the hardware instead of jumping through an increasing number of hoops to emulate.

They can’t stop it, but they can make it a frustrating end-user experience, and that’ll be enough to put a lot of people off.

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Kirk 5 points 2 months ago

Console gaming the way it exists now has one, maaaaybe two generations left. I don't think Nintendo has a choice at this point but to fight interoperability tooth and nail for as long as they can.

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dx1 11 points 2 months ago

"Illegal cryptographic keys" = "illegal numbers"

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yogthos 8 points 2 months ago

we really need stuff like https://radicle.dev/ to get more popular for git hosting

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thingsiplay 4 points 2 months ago

When I heard about this, i instantly downloaded Eden emulator. They have their own website and repository, so Nintendo cannot just misuse DMCA there.