Nintendo submit Yuzu DMCA request to Internet Archive

106 comments

archive.org is cool and all, but a centralized service will never be a reliable way to truly archive something.
- this repo still lives and we still have Suyu that looks promising, So, no worries atm https://github.com/pineappleEA/pineapple-src/releases/tag/EA-4176
  
  Github probably didn't receive a cease and desist yet, but I doubt they'll put up a fight against Nintendo.
- At least not one that's hosted in a country where the IP mafia has any power, which is unfortunately most countries excluding places like Russia or China where you probably wouldn't want to host it anyhow due to a variety of other, uh… issues
  
  As long as you host the checksums elsewhere so that users can verify the repo hasn't been tampered with, you can host files in China or Russia just fine.
- This isn't hard. Torrent with a seed box somewhere outside of copyright enforcement is likely the best option as a "backup" source.
  
  🤔torrent based git server, is this a thing?
- will never be a reliable way to truly archive something
  I think they're doing a damn fine job archiving something, and in reliable ways too
  
  Til it gets taken down and dismantled. Yes.
- I wonder if IPFS would help in this case...
  
  Your license thingy broke since that thread where you explained your script. It doesn't spoiler anymore.
- Nothing good is allowed to exist but in shadows. Shadow archives are essential.
  
  Assassin's Creed 1 & 2 were trying to tell us something.
- IPFS?
  
  A decentralized storage providing service based on blockchain technology, if I understood that correctly

Since they're back at it again I have to jump onto my alt and re-share the fact that I totally backed up Yuzu's source code, their progress reports, their Github issues pages + pull requests, and all the latest available binaries right before it got taken off of Github. No illicit materials in my archive (ROMS/Firmwares/Keys). Freely available as a torrent.
https://lemmy.ml/post/12810167
Otherwise I wish the best of luck to the nascent Suyu project.
- Thanks. Just added this to my torrent server and will seed until the server dies
  
  Shit I might add it to my collection of stuff I tagged "Forever :)"
  Right now only the rarbg_db torrent is on it with a ratio of 46x (17gb upload).
- I don't seem to be able to add the magnet. Can you check if the link is still valid and if yes, give me a reply?
  
  The magnet link is very alive. I haven't stopped seeding it, but there are clearly other seeds with far better connections than mine in the swarm.

Nintendo brass = scumbags. Trash corpo who hates its customers except for milking their money.
It is morally good to pirate all Nintendo products, crack all their hardware, and disparage all their advertising.
- Even if there's nothing by them you want to play, pirate some anyway. Seed generously.
  
  Agreed.
  
  Now this is the way
  
  Been seeing BOTW for awhile now at just 75kbps up (phone internet.)
  Looks like I've seeded 17 copies thus far 😎
  It's easily my most active torrent and I'm glad to help!
- Corporate greed in Japan as a whole is truly something else.
- Sure trash company where everyone wants to play there games.

The fuck sticks at Nintendo would love to take everything Nintendo related down for "copyright" if they could on the Internet archive.

ugh FUCK OFF Nintendo

I think everyone should post Yuzu links on Twitter. The place doesn't have much moderation so it's perfect.

How does Internet Archive has so many epub books if they are restricted by DMCA? Honest question
- Nobody sent a request to remove them
- They turn a blind eye as long as no one files DMCA notice. They do limit downloads of some popular pirated materials behind login though.
- The Internet Archive operates under the principle of fair use, which allows the use of copyrighted material for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. They also adhere to legal guidelines and protocols to avoid infringing on copyright laws. Additionally, they often rely on user-contributed content, public domain materials, and works with expired copyrights to build their digital library, which helps mitigate copyright issues. However, they do occasionally face legal challenges or takedown requests, and they respond to those according to the law.
  
  This comment smells like chatgpt.

if you believe this copyright claim was made in error
It definitely was, since Yuzu doesn't break copyright....
- Did they transfer ownership of the code to Nintendo? If so, it might be a violation of Nintendo's copyright on Yuzu itself.
  To everyone who downvoted this: You are of low relative quality. Friggen jerks! I dress better than you! GET A LIFE! 😡😡😡😡😡
  
  In case this is a real question: AFAIK* that is not possible for them to do. The project was open source and it accepted code contributions from everyone using a FOSS license. This means:
  Everyone who has seen the code explicitly has rights to redistribute it, and this right cannot be revoked
  The core team does not own the entirety of the code - to transfer ownership to Nintendo they would have to get approval from every single contributor that ever made a pull request that got merged. This is impractical to say the least
  So no, there is no and there cannot be legal basis for Nintendo to claim copyright on Yuzu. They might have other claims, but I won't weigh in on how good they might be because I'm way out of my depth already.
  I'm actually making a bunch of assumptions about Yuzu's licence and number of contributors that I haven't bothered to check, so take this with a grain of salt. I'm still pretty confident about point 1 though, I'd be really surprised if this was a wrong assumption, and it alone is enough.

I bet Nintendo wouldn't think twice to request books be burned if the yuzu source code is printed on them.
- Nintendo, and any publicly-traded corporation, would rape your children if they thought it would make investors more money.
  In fact, they have a fiduciary duty to do so.

N I N T E N D O C A N E A T S H I T ! !

Make a yuzu.su and host that shit in Russia.
Cs.rin.ru probably has builds on it anyways.
- Nice. .su TLD is great.

Why is "Nintendo of America Inc." in a different font?
- Probably because it's a template and somebody copied and pasted without remembering to paste as plaintext

LMAO, get fucked Nintendo. You'll never take our archives.
- I started storing program setups and driver packages as well as firmware tools on my PC.
  Seems like that it was a good choice to store the Ryujinx, Citra and Xemu emulator setups...
  
  Doing god's work.

Never give Nintendo money.

Stop giving these corporations money.
They will always use it against you.

Just copy all the source code to one giant book and distribute it through Tor.

gimped?

How dare they want their copyrighted material not stolen
- there is nothing in Yuzu that Nintendo has copyright to. Emulators are also precedentially legal.
  so yes, how dare they want "their" copyrighted material not "stolen"....
  
  Isn't it the decryption keys? and also the fact that they used an unreleased leak of tears of the kingdom to playtest paywalled compatibility?
  
  If it's not illegal then why did yuzu get shut down? Maybe you can represent yuzu against Nintendo, it'd be a slam dunk.

106 comments