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themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Nintendo Wipes Out 400+ Switch Emulator Repos in Single-Day GitHub Sweep * TorrentFreak

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Nintendo has filed seven DMCA anti-circumvention notices at GitHub in a single day, wiping out more than 400 Switch emulator repos.
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    If anyone can afford the lawyers and has an incentive to challenge Nintendo, surely it’s Microsoft……

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      I think they don’t really care actually. Sure, they could afford to defend the people who voluntarily spent 100+ hours to build a repository using their tools but what’s in it for them?

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      They don’t have much money, as they need to pump every cent into their aiOS

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      What’s their incentive?

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        A little good press for GitHub to offset all the bad press from downtime.

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          This is good press for GitHub. Corporations are their customers, not us. They want to show how friendly and easy to work with they are to corporations.

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          Doesn’t seem worth the time or effort to lawyer up over.

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      I don’t see an incentive for them here.

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