It seems as part of their latest wave of litigation nintendo have decided to issue dmca takedown notices to github concerning lockpick rcm and any forks of it
You need the keys to run the emulators. Probably whyI was just about to post this.
Typical Nintendo handling the situation in the incorrect way as usual.
While they do (in a weird way) have a right to protect their IP, wasn't lockpick made via reverse engineering?
it's intent isn't piracy whatsoever and it's just a byproduct
I'm sure Nintendo would go for The anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA (17 U.S. Code § 1201) claiming lockpick is used to as a copyright bypass and is being solely used for piracy of some stupid s### like that.
I guess they're mad totk leaked and are putting the blame on the ability of being able to decrypt rather than their inability to secure their hardware correctly.
That’s almost certainly why. Question is, is homebrew like Lockpick illegal? Sharing the keys afterwards has almost gotta be, but is the homebrew to dump them from your own console illegal?You need the keys to run the emulators. Probably why
Regardless, this is pretty bad for Switch emulation. Getting keys is going to be hard for a while, I think.I honestly don't know. Since they software just pick them out, I got a hard time of actually seeing it as illegal
Nah Tinfoil probably will add it or this will just live on at other placesRegardless, this is pretty bad for Switch emulation. Getting keys is going to be hard for a while, I think.
Ofcoursenintendo def uber pissed that zelda was leaked
Posting this here for posterity:
There’s probably a large gray area when it comes to tools like LockpickRCM… on the one hand, the keys you pull are unique to the system right? On the other, you could pull the keys from a “friends” system and use them to run the emulator and engage in piracy.That’s almost certainly why. Question is, is homebrew like Lockpick illegal? Sharing the keys afterwards has almost gotta be, but is the homebrew to dump them from your own console illegal?
My thought is no, as long as no proprietary code from Nintendo is used to do it. But I’m not a lawyer.
yeah pretty sure if it wasnt leaked (and worked on emulators oob meaning no updates to the emulator required) they would ignore it, although it's just deserts it got leaked this early for making it $70 and not being as bug free as it should beOfcourse
She is russian. You know the restI'm amazed they haven't gone after Fgirl!
Only some of them.the keys you pull are unique to the system right?
Nintendo doesn’t care about legality, which is why they’ve abused DMCA notices. I really hope the victims of Nintendo’s abuse eventually get together to make a class action because the Big N needs to be stoppedI honestly don't know. Since they software just pick them out, I got a hard time of actually seeing it as illegal
The issue is the DMCA is so flimsy written and in high favor of the right holder. It's a hard case to winNintendo doesn’t care about legality, which is why they’ve abused DMCA notices. I really hope the victims of Nintendo’s abuse eventually get together to make a class action because the Big N needs to be stopped
It’s a hard case but one that needs to be corrected. Unfortunately, I don’t think it will ever happen as the DMCA was designed to be abusedThe issue is the DMCA is so flimsy written and in high favor of the right holder. It's a hard case to win
I'm sadly not a lawyer so I don't even know if lockpick is illegal. I highly doubt it is. This seem to be a knee jerk attack against emulators.It’s a hard case but one that needs to be corrected. Unfortunately, I don’t think it will ever happen as the DMCA was designed to be abused