The EU tends to be much harsher in these matters, though some members don’t follow along.
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Metz@lemmy.world 6 months agoYeah i tend to forget that github is in the US and their allmighty DMCA can be used to take down anything. i just have a hard time believing this shit would fly in the EU.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 6 months ago
HKayn@dormi.zone 6 months ago
Again, why would it not fly in the EU?
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Emulation isn’t illegal, reversing encryption isn’t illegal, software patents aren’t valid in some countries.
That’s why the US can’t do anything about VLC “breaking” DVD encryption, as they are based in France and aren’t doing anything wrong.
john89@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Europeans actually care about their consumers.
Americans just view them as fat paypigs who are too stupid to fight for their own interests.
kernelle@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It would, it has, next step after DMCA even in the EU is legal action, which nintendo already fought in court. I don’t know about you but I’m not ready to defend someone else’s code in court.
john89@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Errr… will you ever have to? Lol.
kernelle@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Comment OP is forking Yuzu code, we’re talking about how this is fair or unfair. When you fork DMCA’d code you open yourself up to litigation and having to defend someone else’s code in court.
I won’t, OP might. Did you actually not read the context before replying? Lol.