Discord has banned two Switch emulator developers and closed their servers after Yuzu's defeat. The developers of Sudachi and Suyu, Yuzu-derived Nintendo Switch emulators, had their Discord accounts banned and servers wiped. This action raises questions about the legality of using Yuzu's open-source code in emulator projects.
, developers of Yuzu -derived Nintendo Switch emulators Sudachi and Suyu have had their Discord accounts banned and their servers wiped. While the devs themselves seem to operate in a grey area left open byWhat makes this story murky is that Yuzu connection—other emulator communities on the platform remain unaffected, including the one for Ryujinx, the Pepsi to Yuzu 's Coke in the Switch emulation space.
In practice though, it's all probably too close to pissing off the Big N for Discord's comfort. In a statement to The Verge, a Discord rep said that"Discord responds to and complies with all legal and valid Digital Millennium Copyright Act requests. In this instance, there was also a court ordered injunction for the takedown of these materials, and we took action in a manner consistent with the court order.
The statement seems to imply that there was a new DMCA request by Nintendo regarding these servers, while the court order in question likely refers to the Yuzu-Nintendo settlement. Whatever brilliant legal logic you could bring to bear on behalf of Sudachi and Suyu, the Iron Law of the platform owner still remains supreme.
It's always frustrating to see emulation communities suffer losses like this, especially in what may be an overreach when looking at the letter of the law, but Discord has a clear incentive to prize Nintendo's wishes over emulator devs, and this whole debacle is another useful example of how the platform should be used and viewed.
Discord servers can feel private, like a chat between friends, but they aren't nearly as secure as communication on Signal or Telegram, while their often open and public-facing nature means any number of people unaffiliated with you can see what you're saying. You really should view speech on Discord servers as more akin to social media posts than private communication with friends.
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