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After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] KazuyaDarklight 67 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

The top IP lawyer at Nintendo agreed that emulators are technically legal at a panel for intellectual property rights.

They run afoul of the law when they bypass encryption, recreate copyrighted programs, or point users to pirated material.

[–] nul9o9 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is it possible to emulate without bypassing encryption?

[–] wccrawford 12 points 2 weeks ago

In theory, it's possible for games that don't use encryption. None of which are official Switch games.

[–] SpaceNoodle 5 points 2 weeks ago

I don't recall finding any encryption on the NES.

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