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Dolphin emulator pc11/25/2023 ![]() unfortunately Dolphin is not going to a part of Steam and hopefully that will change.on this particular one, I'm not going to say Nintendo is at fault.but Dolphin did mess this up and they really need to address it and hopefully they will." Updated: MVG: ".'Littlemac123' all the way back in 2020, you had your finger on the pulse here. ![]() Game developer MVG has also shared his own summary of the situation based on this information, and even found evidence (dating back to 2020) of an individual known as 'Littlemac123' warning others about the "copyrighted code from the Wii system" in Dolphin Emulator and the problems it could cause if it was released on Steam. ![]() I'll just put the most relevant wikipedia page that exactly applies to this. I just checked, the Wii Common Key is in the emulator source code. LuigiBlood: "the Dolphin emulator operates by incorporating these cryptographic keys without Nintendo’s authorization and decrypting the ROMs at or immediately before runtime.". Update #1 :ĭataminer and Nintendo Life user LuigiBlood has highlighted the following quote - revealing the Wii Common Key is in the source code of Dolphin Emulator. Given that Valve controls what is available on its store, it made the decision not to wade into any dispute between the Dolphin developers and Nintendo and, instead, followed Nintendo’s preemptive request and took down the Steam page." Rather, Nintendo is sending clear notice to Valve that it considers Dolphin to violate the DMCA and should it be released on Steam, Nintendo will likely take further action. "Here, there is no allegation that Valve is currently hosting anything that infringes Nintendo’s copyright or, more broadly, violates the DMCA. PC Gamer has also called on attorney Kellen Voyer of Voyer Law, specialising in intellectual property and technology, to further explain Nintendo's communication with Valve: Nintendo respects the intellectual property rights of other companies, and in turn expects others to do the same.” Using illegal emulators or illegal copies of games harms development and ultimately stifles innovation. This emulator illegally circumvents Nintendo’s protection measures and runs illegal copies of games. “Nintendo is committed to protecting the hard work and creativity of video game engineers and developers. Update #2 :Ī Nintendo spokesperson has now issued an official statement (via Kotaku): Given Nintendo’s history of taking action against some emulators, we brought this to their attention proactively after the Dolphin team announced it was coming soon to Steam.īased on the letter we received, Nintendo and the Dolphin team have a clear legal dispute between them, and Valve can’t sit in judgment. We don’t want to ship an application we know could be taken down, because that can be disruptive to Steam users. An accusation of copyright infringement, for example, can be handled under the DMCA process, but other disputes (like trademark infringement or a breach of contract claim between a developer and a publisher) don’t have a statutory dispute resolution process, so in these cases we generally will cease distributing the material until the parties tell Valve that they have resolved their dispute. Sometimes third parties raise legal objections to things on Steam, but Valve isn’t well positioned to judge those disputes – the parties have to go to court, or negotiate between themselves. We operate Steam as an open platform, but that relies on creators shipping only things they have the legal right to distribute. Valve also shared a separate statement, providing its own explanation: Given Nintendo’s history of taking action against some emulators, we brought this to their attention proactively after the Dolphin team announced it was coming soon to Steam. ![]() Valve spokesperson Kaci Aitchison Boyle has now issued a statement ( via The Verge), noting how Valve was the one to inform Nintendo:
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