<story><title>Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu</title><url>https://overkill.wtf/nintendo-sue-yuzu-emulator/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>robbiet480</author><text>I knew that Patreon would bite them some day. Any time money comes into a &amp;quot;offensive&amp;quot; open source project, whoever feels they are getting hurt can make a claim a lot easier. Somewhat surprised they haven&amp;#x27;t yet sued Ryujinx (the other Switch emulator project) for also having a Patreon.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>crtasm</author><text>Patreon about page begins:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;yuzu is a Nintendo Switch emulator capable of running many games! With yuzu, you can play such games as Pokémon Sword &amp;amp; Shield, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Fire Emblem:Three Houses, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — on your PC.&lt;p&gt;Regardless of the legal status of an emulator, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t list game titles if I were writing that copy.</text></comment>
<story><title>Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu</title><url>https://overkill.wtf/nintendo-sue-yuzu-emulator/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>robbiet480</author><text>I knew that Patreon would bite them some day. Any time money comes into a &amp;quot;offensive&amp;quot; open source project, whoever feels they are getting hurt can make a claim a lot easier. Somewhat surprised they haven&amp;#x27;t yet sued Ryujinx (the other Switch emulator project) for also having a Patreon.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>judge2020</author><text>Making money is not a factor for fair use, but one factor is whether it’s a for-profit endeavor; you can be making money to fund an operation without doing so for profit. And even then, courts haven’t been too concerned with that aspect when other aspects are clearly met.</text></comment>