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Wii Homebrew Community "Built On Lies And Copyright Infringement" (www.timeextension.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Any pirate with a decent bone in their body will respect FLOSS license requirements, as they're mostly there to weaponize the copyright system against proprietary software devs.

That's fundamentally different to how corporations use copyright law. When you fuck over free software you're fucking over the people who're fighting fire with fire.

Lastly, many emulator/homebrew devs specifically rip their own ROMs and dont get involved in illegal distribution of ROMs to keep their projects legal. Lot easier to stick on a resume that way.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Don't get me wrong, I think we're mostly in agreement. Though I'm not sure how big a portion of pirating is done by the self-respecting sort.