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HighSeraph posted...

It is and Nintendo can whine about it all they want but they don't have an actual legal leg to stand on. They're abusing the fact that they're a massive corporation who can afford to have a protracted legal battle against people who can't. What they're doing to Russ is abusing YT's copyright strike system.

As an actual lawyer who studied this topic in depth, can confirm this is absolutely true.

Companies can cry and whine about people emulating their games, but there is caselaw that 100% says that emulation of video games is perfectly legal. Nintendo just does not like it and they can use their status as a global entity to influence people to capitulate to their demands.

However, if someone were to actually fight them on it, they would actually lose. And Nintendo knows that. I think that if someone resisted, then they would likely not pursue legal action since they know they would lose.