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Nintendo Wipes Out 400+ Switch Emulator Repos in Single-Day GitHub Sweep * TorrentFreak
torrentfreak.com/nintendo-wipes-out-400-switch-emulator-repos-in-single-day-github-sweep/I didn’t think emulators were copyright infringement since they’re built from scratch. Why isn’t GitHub telling them to get fucked?
Why isn’t
GitHubMicrosoft telling them to get fucked?
They don’t wanna be sued. Emulators are technically legal but Nintendo likes to abuse every loophole in the book to argue otherwise.
If anyone can afford the lawyers and has an incentive to challenge Nintendo, surely it’s Microsoft……
Replying to @Andaith@sh.itjust.works
I think they don’t really care actually. Sure, they could afford to defend the people who voluntarily spent 100+ hours to build a repository using their tools but what’s in it for them?