Them issuing C&D after C&D costs their legal team time and money they could be using to, idk, trademark new IPs or license third parties for libraries and music. It also hurts their PR.
They keep winning the cases themselves in courts very much rigged in their favor, sure, but for each headline, they risk alienating more gamers who don’t appreciate them bullying comparatively tiny sites who are just providing games that Nintendo themselves refuse to sell.
They keep paying money for attorneys and court proceedings but don’t get anything in return, since the code is out there and will just be shared again by someone else. Hence: whack-a-mole
A company like Nintendo definitely has a law firm on retainer. They’re paying them whether or not they’re being used. There’s no waste of money happening by going after “IP violations.”
A waste of time and energy, perhaps. But the lawyers are getting the same money whether they do this or nothing at all.
Nintendo will be playing Whack-A-Mole with Yuzu forks and Switch emulators forever.
I hope these developers can continue to waste Nintendo’s time and money even more.
Is it really a waste of Nintendo’s time and money if they keep winning?
Them issuing C&D after C&D costs their legal team time and money they could be using to, idk, trademark new IPs or license third parties for libraries and music. It also hurts their PR.
Nintendo? New IPs?
I know, I know. Just making a point. They could be doing better things that actually build good faith.
maybe in theory, but the Nintendo coffers wont be running dry any time soon.
They keep winning the cases themselves in courts very much rigged in their favor, sure, but for each headline, they risk alienating more gamers who don’t appreciate them bullying comparatively tiny sites who are just providing games that Nintendo themselves refuse to sell.
They keep paying money for attorneys and court proceedings but don’t get anything in return, since the code is out there and will just be shared again by someone else. Hence: whack-a-mole
If a new one just pops up going after the previous one was indeed pointless.
A company like Nintendo definitely has a law firm on retainer. They’re paying them whether or not they’re being used. There’s no waste of money happening by going after “IP violations.”
A waste of time and energy, perhaps. But the lawyers are getting the same money whether they do this or nothing at all.
gods bless the mighty hydra