If emulators in general were illegal, Nintendo would be in trouble too and would be obliged to remove the emulated games it sells on the Virtual Console.
Well no, any theory of emulators being illegal would be under the DMCA, which bans DRM circumvention without the authority of the copyright owner. But Nintendo is selling games with said authority, so it wouldn't apply.
There's a difference between if I try and sell you a digital copy of Super Metroid and if Nintendo does, right? Nintendo's argument would be that the emulator itself is no different.
Well, yeah, the best precedent we have is the Sony and Bleem case. But the funny thing about common law systems is the precedents are really important until someone tries again and the precedent is suddenly thrown out.
If emulators in general were illegal, Nintendo would be in trouble too and would be obliged to remove the emulated games it sells on the Virtual Console.
Well no, any theory of emulators being illegal would be under the DMCA, which bans DRM circumvention without the authority of the copyright owner. But Nintendo is selling games with said authority, so it wouldn't apply.
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There's a difference between if I try and sell you a digital copy of Super Metroid and if Nintendo does, right? Nintendo's argument would be that the emulator itself is no different.
some argue that emulation infringes on their patents, but i am not big on the concept of monopolizing ideas myself.
Well, yeah, the best precedent we have is the Sony and Bleem case. But the funny thing about common law systems is the precedents are really important until someone tries again and the precedent is suddenly thrown out.