Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu will utterly fold and pay $2.4M to settle its lawsuit

Source: The Verge - All Posts

Article note: Shit. Not so much because of Yuzu specifically, but because it will embolden attacks on emulation.
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Just over a week ago, Nintendo sued the developers of the leading Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu, for “facilitating piracy at a colossal scale.” Now, it appears that Yuzu will give up without a fight — and give Nintendo everything it wanted.

According to a joint filing, Tropic Haze has not only agreed to pay $2,400,000 to Nintendo but also said that Yuzu was “primarily designed to circumvent and play Nintendo Switch games” and agrees to be permanently enjoined from working on Yuzu, hosting Yuzu, distributing Yuzu’s code or features, hosting websites and social media that promote Yuzu, or doing anything else that circumvents Nintendo’s copyright protection.

Oh, and it will surrender the yuzu-emu.org domain name to Nintendo, agree to...

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