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Here’s how the makers of the “Suyu” Switch emulator plan to avoid getting sued (arstechnica.com)
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[-] echo64@lemmy.world -4 points 8 months ago

They are still running afowl of the anti circumvention rules in the dmca. Just saying you have to provide your own keys isn't enough.

A switch emulator that wants to be safe from nintendo has to have no capability of circumventing the copyright protection mechanisms nintendo employs.

Look at vlc for inspiration. It can play blurays, it can't circumvent the copyright protection of blurays. But if you provide the keys and the library that decodes the content then it can play them just fine. This keeps vlc safe.

[-] Monomate@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

That's assuming the Suyu team is based on the USA, where the DMCA can screw them over. As they're hosting their code on GitLab istead of GitHub, it may hint they got this covered.

[-] echo64@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

It's worth noting that many countries around the world have their own versions of the anti circumvention clause of the dmca.

[-] Monomate@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Just gotta find one that doesn't.

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