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Nintendo May Sue N64 Emulator Creators

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wouldn't-that-suck? dept.

ewhac writes "According to TechWeb, Nintendo has not ruled out the possibility of suing the authors of UltraHLE, the Nintendo-64 emulator for PCs with Voodoo graphics cards. Nintendo holds the dubious opinion that the emulator is illegal, predicated on the assumption that the emulator would not have been possible without circumventing the security chip. (Circumvention of copy-protection/authentication systems was recently criminalized in the United States, with fines up to $500K.) "

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  1. This is different then the Playstation Emulator... by PeaceKeeper · · Score: 2

    Nintendo's contention is that this program encourages pirating b/c you have to copy the rom packages to play the games. Your average gamer doesn't have the equipment to do that just laying around. So the emulator is either targeted at a very, very narrow market or their market is going to have to copy the games from someone else.

  2. Erm... by DavidTC · · Score: 2
    Isn't it the job of the government to go after illegal actions?

    They aren't claim copyright violation, they are claiming the UltraHLE people broke a law...shouldn't they just call up the FBI, or whoever would have juristidiction over this?

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