Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu, which was sued by Nintendo, agrees to pay damages and the release ends immediately
Tropic Haze, the developer of the Nintendo Switch emulator ``
Tropic Haze Joint Mot for Entry of Consent Judgment 4854-3482-0266 v.2
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Exhibit A - Tropic Haze Judgment and Permanent Injunction
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The Nintendo Switch emulator ``Yuzu'', which is being developed as an open source, is characterized by not only communicating with the development community on the online chat tool Discord, but also having most of the development done on GitHub. was.
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On February 27, 2024, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Yuzu, claiming that it was in violation of the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In addition, Nintendo has criticized Yuzu, saying, ``It allows users to play games illegally by bypassing software encryption, and encourages the rampant piracy.''
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Immediately after the lawsuit was filed, Tropic Haze, the developer of Yuzu, released a statement saying, ``We have engaged a law firm and we promise to respond to Nintendo's claims within 60 days from the date the documents were submitted.'' .
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Tropic Haze had been showing a willingness to engage in a legal dispute with Nintendo, but on March 4, 2024, Tropic Haze suddenly announced that it had agreed to pay Nintendo $2.4 million. We also agreed to permanently cease developing or hosting Yuzu, distributing code or functionality, hosting websites and social media promoting Yuzu, and any other activities that circumvent Nintendo's copyright protections.
In addition, Tropic Haze not only transferred Yuzu's domain name 'yuzu-emu.org' to Nintendo, but also all copyright protection circumvention tools used in the development or use of Yuzu, such as TegraRcmGUI, Hekate, Atmosphère, and Lockpick_RCM. and agree to remove the physical diversion device and any modified Nintendo hardware to Nintendo. In addition, Tropic Haze has also committed not to remove any other evidence that violates Nintendo's intellectual property rights.
In response to this decision, Bunnei, the developer of Yuzu, said, ``We would like to inform you that support for the Nintendo Switch emulator ``Yuzu'' and the Nintendo 3DS emulator ``Citra'' will be discontinued and their services will be suspended immediately.'' is reported.
Bunnei said, 'Yuzu and its development team have always taken a stance against piracy, and out of a passion for Nintendo, we started this project in good faith and never intended to harm Nintendo. However, Yuzu and Citra are deeply disappointed that this has resulted in widespread piracy, ruining the experience for legitimate buyers and fans. As of today, we will be taking the Yuzu and Citra code repositories offline, decommissioning our Patreon accounts and Discord servers, and shutting down our website shortly. I hope this will be a small step towards ending this.'
— yuzu (@yuzuemu) March 4, 2024
A similar text was posted on Yuzu's developer Discord, and Yuzu's official page , where it was once possible to download Yuzu, now only displays a text about support being discontinued. Additionally, the Yuzu and Citra source codes have been removed from GitHub.
Lawyer Richard Hogue told foreign media outlet The Verge, ``Tropic Haze probably agreed to this agreement because Nintendo set a cap on Tropic Haze's liability.'' Furthermore, ``Tropic Haze probably made the decision after receiving advice from a lawyer that ``Continuing litigation will only increase costs and have little chance of success.''
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