The creators of the emulator only intended it as an educational attempt to prove it can be done, but releasing the emulator to the general public was a huge and irresponsible mistake.
The argument presented about the use of emulators to play previously owned material on your own computer is valid to a point, to expect every one who does own such an emulator to do this is niave in the extreeme.
Most people who get these emulators are more intrested in playing the game then paying for it. They will grab copies of roms they do not own, and keep them as long as they like.
Nearly all of those who wanted to grab the Ultra HLE did not want to see the result of 2 brilliant programmers hard work. They just wanted to be able to play the N64 games without paying for them.
I personally cannot approve of the idea of emulating a console that the creators are still supporting. No one cares if the NES or SNES consoles are emulated today, as they are no longer seriously supported by either Nintendo or the Developers. But Nintendo is still supporting the N64. The loss of potential customers from people having emulators would put a large dent into the profitability of the console. That is why Nintendo is sueing.
They have every right to protect themselves and their developors from the illegal distribution of the roms. It does not matter that the creators of the Ultra HLE will make no money from this. It matters that Nintendo will lose money from it.
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The creators of the emulator only intended it as an educational attempt to prove it can be done, but releasing the emulator to the general public was a huge and irresponsible mistake.
The argument presented about the use of emulators to play previously owned material on your own computer is valid to a point, to expect every one who does own such an emulator to do this is niave in the extreeme.
Most people who get these emulators are more intrested in playing the game then paying for it. They will grab copies of roms they do not own, and keep them as long as they like.
Nearly all of those who wanted to grab the Ultra HLE did not want to see the result of 2 brilliant programmers hard work. They just wanted to be able to play the N64 games without paying for them.
I personally cannot approve of the idea of emulating a console that the creators are still supporting. No one cares if the NES or SNES consoles are emulated today, as they are no longer seriously supported by either Nintendo or the Developers. But Nintendo is still supporting the N64. The loss of potential customers from people having emulators would put a large dent into the profitability of the console. That is why Nintendo is sueing.
They have every right to protect themselves and their developors from the illegal distribution of the roms. It does not matter that the creators of the Ultra HLE will make no money from this. It matters that Nintendo will lose money from it.
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