Nintendo filed a DMCA notice against Dolphin emulator's release on Steam

teh drama.
https://mastodon.delroth.net/@delroth/110440301402516214

Read about it, it's apparently because of the encryption key inside the code, so all they would have to do is remove it and have users use their "own" key, like many emulators including Yuzu and Ryujinx do.
But we'll see if that is enough to have it return on Steam itself.

fuk Nintendo u can shake your hands with Activision for the crown of the worst and greedy company all time

@Lugum, apparently this is incorrect news.

There is no DMCA notice, it is a Cease and Desist in which Steam themselves contacted Nintendo.

https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2023/05/27/dolphin-steam-indefinitely-postponed/

seems like they were playing with fire
If Nintendo can do this to Bowser, a slap on the wrist is very lucky overall
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-hacker-gary-bowser-released-from-jail-will-pay-nintendo-25-30-income-for-the-rest-of-his-life/

From what I've heard online this whole problem was caused because they included some decryption keys in the source code, as in hard coded copy pasted from the wii bios, which is an infringement on Nintendo's intellectual property. In theory this could be addressed by simply removing those keys and asking the user to provide them themselves at first boot of the program, but who knows if they'll try to get into Steam again or drop that for fear of legal problems, Nintendo and their army of lawyers like to ruin lives as scare tactics.
People are also saying that Nintendo might not want to take this to court because the final result of that is uncertain and it could backfire horribly for them. Worst case scenario of that, for the public, is that emulation isn't as legal as we think and this leads into a witch hunt. Best case scenario would be that it's decided that nobody can claim ownership of a string of numbers and keys aren't protected as property.
But who knows, at this point I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo starts operating like the mafia and sending thugs to beat people to death over emulating their games.

This inspires me to send money to the Dolphin devs.

Most people arent even interested in playing legacy games, and Nintendo can easily offer a better quality environment if it wanted to.

But instead they've decided these older games arent worth the small profit they'd make. Yet they'll do everything they can to keep anyone else from enjoying them.

Also I think old titles fromNitendo can be realesed on Steam- Nitendo can bought dolphine and made it legal and realese old games they have made to pc.

A new update in the situation: https://kotaku.com/nintendo-gamecube-wii-emulator-dolphin-valve-piracy-1850482929

“Nintendo is committed to protecting the hard work and creativity of video game engineers and developers,” a spokesperson for Nintendo told Kotaku in an email. “This emulator illegally circumvents Nintendo’s protection measures and runs illegal copies of games. Using illegal emulators or illegal copies of games harms development and ultimately stifles innovation. Nintendo respects the intellectual property rights of other companies, and in turn expects others to do the same.”

Out of the PR gibberish, the main problem with Dolphin being on Steam looks to be the emulation software is using cryptographic keys from the Wii to have the ROMs function properly. Nintendo developed the cryptographic keys and is their intellectual property.

First is excepted from Nintendo
Second: Nintendo still ignore big pile of $ laying on "re-release old games on NS and PC". But sill want chase emulator/pirate site (who are like hydra one head out four come out)

Nintendo sure used to be better when my uncle was working there.

Remember that is always morally correct to...

https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2023/07/20/what-happened-to-dolphin-on-steam/

There is nothing to DMCA? It's just a shell.