Tropical Haze LLC, the company behind the Nintendo Switch emulator known as Yuzu, has been sued by Nintendo in a US federal court. The Japanese tech giant claims that the emulator violates the anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
In a preliminary statement, Nintendo accused the defendant of “facilitating piracy on a colossal scale.”
In addition to this, Nintendo has alleged that Yuzu has violated copyright law, arguing that the emulator is “primarily designed” to circumvent Nintendo Switch encryption, allowing players to emulate its copyrighted content illegally. .
While Nintendo's primary goal is to remove Yuzu entirely and prevent its use in any capacity, the company also wants to remove any domains, URLs, chat rooms, and social media presence that Tropic Haze may have developed for Yuzu. Additionally, Nintendo wishes to confiscate and destroy all hard drives linked to the emulator to ensure that any trace of the emulator is removed immediately.
Nintendo has stated that the emulator is “facilitating piracy on a colossal scale” by providing “detailed instructions” on how to use the software to play through “illegal copies of Nintendo Switch games” while also pointing users to sites questionable to help. their emulation giving them access to the game keys.
Full details of the case can be found in the published lawsuit, as shared on X (formally Twitter) by Stephen Totilo. Although it may be a while before the results of the lawsuit are shared, it doesn't look good for Yuzu.
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