Nintendo says Yuzu played a large role in encouraging piracy of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Nintendo is suing the makers of the Switch emulator Yuzu, claims ‘There is no lawful way to use Yuzu’::Nintendo of America is suing the maker of the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu, saying it “unlawfully circumvents the technological measures” that prevent Switch games from being played on othe

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      Most of South America.

      Brazil, for instance, tacitly encourages piracy. Because foreign media is too expensive for locals to be able to regularly afford it, so the entire country’s foreign media consumption is basically fueled by content piracy. It’s sort of an open secret, where everyone just openly downloads or streams pirated content and the government doesn’t give a fuck.

      • General_Effort@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        8 months ago

        Thanks. FWIW I’m pretty sure that what they are accused of is illegal in all the EU because of the copyright directive.

        • FluffyPotato@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          8 months ago

          Most EU countries aren’t following the copyright directive actually. Only Germany, Hungary, Malta and Netherlands are.

    • dotMonkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Australia. Not sure if it counts for everything, but AFAIK for movies pirating them is okay as long as you’re not sharing (i.e. uploading, seeding, etc.) and it’s for personal use.