Nintendo Sues Ryujinx Emulator Users

Nintendo wants to be able to sue you for $2,500 per game that you emulated. This is why the language in the DMCA must change. We’re allowed to burn CDs but we’re not allowed to burn legally obtained games because of broad “circumvention” rules that companies lobbied for. In a new Nintendo lawsuit, they now claim that they can sue people “just” for playing Switch games in an emulator, it doesn't matter where you got them. COUNT THREE (Circumvention of Technological Measures in Violation of 17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1)) 95. Plaintiff repeats and realleges every allegation contained in paragraphs 1 through 94 as if fully set forth herein. 96. Section 1201(a)(1)(A) of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1), in a general sense, prohibits circumvention of a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected by the Copyright Act. 97. Nintendo’s Technological Measures effectively control access to works protected by the Copyright Act, including at minimum the copyrighted works discussed herein. 98. The Defendant, at a minimum, loaded unauthorized copies of games into Ryujinx, Yuzu, or another emulator and streamed them. Each of those steps require circumvention of one or more of the Technological Measures. Defendant circumvented Nintendo’s Game Encryption for each game he played in an emulator. 99. Each act of circumvention constitutes a violation of 17 U.S.C. § 1201 for which Plaintiff is entitled to damages under 17 U.S.C. § 1203(c), and injunctive relief under § 1203(b)(1). 100. Defendant and his agents’ acts are willful, intentional, purposeful, and in disregard of and indifferent to the rights of Plaintiff. Defendant is liable for each of his agents’ illegal acts as set forth herein. 101. As a direct and proximate result of Defendant’s violations of § 1201, Plaintiff is entitled to the maximum statutory damages, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 1203(c)(3)(A) in the amount of $2,500 with respect to each act of circumvention, or such other amounts as may be proper under 17 U.S.C. § 1201(c). In the alternative, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 1201(c)(2), Plaintiff

A screenshot of a social media post discusses Nintendo allegedly seeking $2,500 per emulated game and suing over Switch games played through emulators. The embedded post quotes a lawsuit claiming that loading unauthorized games into Ryujinx or Yuzu circumvents Nintendo’s technological measures. The joke is an angry, sarcastic reaction to Nintendo’s aggressive anti-emulation stance and the perceived absurdity of imposing damages on emulator users. EN: A screenshot of a social media post discusses Nintendo allegedly seeking $2,500 per emulated game and suing over Switch games played through emulators. The embedded post quotes a lawsuit claiming that loading unauthorized games into Ryujinx or Yuzu circumvents Nintendo’s technological measures. The joke is an angry, sarcastic reaction to Nintendo’s aggressive anti-emulation stance and the perceived absurdity of imposing damages on emulator users.

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