Recently, Yuzu, the Nintendo Switch emulator for PC, felt the full force of Nintendo’s strict enforcement of its intellectual property rights, with legal action resulting in the removal of more than 8,500 clones and alternative links to the program.
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According to information from the TorrentFreak, Nintendo filed a DMCA (U.S. copyright law) takedown notice with GitHub, resulting in the removal of 8,535 repositories that contained versions of Yuzu.
Since the reported network containing the allegedly infringing content consisted of more than one hundred (100) repositories, and the complainant alleged that all or most of them were infringing to the same extent as the original repository, GitHub filed the takedown notice against the entire network of 8,535 repositories, including the original repository the statement explained on GitHub.
In February, Nintendo stated that Yuzu was “facilitating large-scale piracy” of its games. Tropic Haze, the developer of the emulator, settled the dispute a few weeks later, agreeing to pay $2.4 million in fines.
During the proceedings in the District Court of Rhode Island in the United States, Tropic Haze was permanently barred from selling or offering any of its source codes in the future.
This sparked a reaction within the community, with many attempting to redistribute alternative versions of the emulator. However, these efforts were in vain, resulting in the recent removal of 8,535 repositories containing different versions of Yuzu on GitHub.
