• FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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    1 year ago

    Nah it’s pretty easy to kill litigation before it starts if things step up. If you receive a cease and desist and don’t want to fight it, you can shut it down and never look back. If you’re served paperwork with a court date, the initial hearings can get the lawsuit thrown out if there are no grounds for a case on intellectual property infringement, one of which is “non-profit”. In fact, a lot of people would argue that Yuzu was completely in the right to do what they did despite having a link to their patreon, but at that point the courts might decide either way and litigation costs money.

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      1 year ago

      if there are no grounds for a case on intellectual property infringement, one of which is “non-profit”.

      These guys have said right from the get go that they’re trying to profit off it though. Whoopsies.

      Also the fact that its the exact same code that Yuzu ran, which just settled with nintendo for millions of dollars, is going to influence any future cases.

      but at that point the courts might decide either way and litigation costs money.

      Yeah so like I said - they have to be prepared to fight nintendo or just shut it down almost immediately.