mesamune@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoNintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulatedwww.timeextension.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1428arrow-down17
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minus-squaretabular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68arrow-down1·2 months agoIf you paid for it then it’s your game - not their game. (Don’t care if you ripped it yourself or not)
minus-squarecelsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoExactly. This is settled law. Backing up your own games and playing them via emulation is legal and not copyright infringement. DMCA’s should not apply here.
minus-squarefuzzzerd@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoShould is the key word here. You pay a lawyer to find out, which probably isn’t worth it.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoLike everything these days, ten bucks says “Naw you licensed it” with all these conditions attached. Corporate fine print is so out of control in the 21st century.
minus-squaretabular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThese days it’s all about the Retroactively Amended Personal Experience: changing the terms after the sale. I have altered the deal, pray I do not alter it further.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoPretty much. There was something I read the other day about Uber drivers and liability in car accidents. Another wild read.
If you paid for it then it’s your game - not their game.
(Don’t care if you ripped it yourself or not)
Exactly. This is settled law. Backing up your own games and playing them via emulation is legal and not copyright infringement. DMCA’s should not apply here.
Should is the key word here. You pay a lawyer to find out, which probably isn’t worth it.
Like everything these days, ten bucks says “Naw you licensed it” with all these conditions attached.
Corporate fine print is so out of control in the 21st century.
These days it’s all about the Retroactively Amended Personal Experience: changing the terms after the sale.
I have altered the deal, pray I do not alter it further.
Pretty much. There was something I read the other day about Uber drivers and liability in car accidents. Another wild read.