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> 7. With the exception of paragraphs 5 and 6 herein, the Court further enjoins

> Defendant and its members from destroying, transferring, altering, moving, returning, concealing,

> or in any manner hiding evidence relevant to the matters set forth herein—including any and all

> video game consoles, video games (or constituent elements thereof, such as video game files),

> ROMs, and video game emulators (and any digital files comprising the same) that infringe

> Nintendo’s intellectual property rights, and/or which were used in connection with developing or

> using Yuzu—unless authorized by Nintendo in writing. Defendant and its members are also

> enjoined from allowing evidence to be destroyed, altered, or concealed by third parties if the

> evidence is under Defendant or its members’ possession, custody, or control.

Aaaaand there it is. Nintendo figured out that Yuzu is not clean-room emulation, which is the only legal path to emulation. Reverse-engineering anything from Nintendo is verboten. Developing your own from scratch is not, hence why Dolphin is likely in the clear.



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