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Nintendo filed a DMCA notice against Dolphin emulator’s release on SteamRelease now “indefinitely postponed”
Release now “indefinitely postponed”
Image credit:Nintendo
Image credit:Nintendo
Nintendo have sent Valve a DMCA takedown notice related to the GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin. Dolphin has been in development for nearly 20 years, but in Marchits developers announced their intentionto bring the free emulator to Steam and opened a store page.
Dolphin’s developers now say that the Steam release is “indefinitely postponed”.
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Under DMCA regulations, operators of platforms such as Steam are required to remove content upon receiving a takedown request, and to notify the allegedly infringing party who then have the opportunity to file a counter-claim. Dolphin’sSteam pagehas been removed and now redirects to the Steam store homepage.
Emulation operates within grey areas of copyright law and the outcome of any actual lawsuit against Dolphin would be hard to predict, but it would set a precedent that could have sweeping consequences for all emulation.
Dolphin remains available for download via links on its own site. Other emulation software, such as RetroArch,remain available on Steam. Interest in accessing emulation software through Steam has increased in recent months due to the popularity of Valve’s PC handheld, the Steam Deck, and last year Valvehastily replaced a trailer for the device after a Nintendo Switch emulatorwas shown within a user’s Steam library.
