Zkuq said:
People have been pretty much saying that emulation is piracy. Backwards compatiblity is a simple proof it's not. Either it is piracy or it isn't. It can't depend on the context. I did try looking for a download link now that you mentioned it. Didn't find BotW, but I did see Bayonetta 2 and Mario Kart 8 on the first page. Just looking for Cemu didn't yield anything shady though. Still, emulation itself is not piracy. Games are often obtained by pirating them and then emulated, but emulation itself is not related to piracy at all. Go on, try to define emulation and see if you can find anything related to piracy in the definition. |
People have been saying emulation is closely tied to or even intertwined with piracy as it often involves downloading pirated copies. Not emulation is piracy, emulation enables piracy and does nothing to prevent piracy. I did hit a link with Botw plus Cemu on my first search, posted it in the other thread, won't repeat it here.
So the question whether emulation == piracy is not relevant. Now we can argue which emulators enable piracy and the legality of circumventing security measures and/or circumventing a contractual obligation to the publishers/developers to ensure the safe keeping of their software.
