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Pierre Bourdon

@endrift @marcan both apply here imo, because the emulator is what's decrypting the protected work, which is circumventing technical protection measures.

(Also I assume you mean (a)(2)(A) and (a)(2)(C)?)

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endrift

@delroth @marcan um, maybe? I'd have to go through that section again.

Also the words "primary purpose" are what make (A) somewhat arguable. But that didn't make it to court, so who knows.

Hector Martin

@delroth @endrift This seems like it would be fairly easy to work around by separating out the decryption from the emulation. The Wii even had those bits for supporting plaintext games with dev versions of IOS, so it's even baked right into the format...

Pierre Bourdon

@marcan @endrift possibly. I don't know the precedents ruling on how broad (a)(2)(C) would apply there. It's mostly a stupid dance anyway: I can't imagine any emulation project not settling given how expensive court proceedings would be.

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