ElPoco
Hardcore Member
So the cost of "colossal scale piracy" for Nintendo is $2.4M? They got it better than Gary Bowser
Anyway, another case of "Felony contempt of business model", but it shows some interesting points: Nintendo didn't attack on the TPM/DRM circumventing only but also used the facts that the developers made money with it and that they promoted use of Yuzu for playing official switch games (which would require circumventing the TPM). It means that the Nintendo lawyers probably didn't expect to win with just the technical aspect.
So if you release an emulator that requires an external bios, state that it's only for research/homebrew usage and don't make money off it, you should be fine.
Anyway, another case of "Felony contempt of business model", but it shows some interesting points: Nintendo didn't attack on the TPM/DRM circumventing only but also used the facts that the developers made money with it and that they promoted use of Yuzu for playing official switch games (which would require circumventing the TPM). It means that the Nintendo lawyers probably didn't expect to win with just the technical aspect.
So if you release an emulator that requires an external bios, state that it's only for research/homebrew usage and don't make money off it, you should be fine.