With a single DMCA notice, Nintendo wiped out 4,238 emulator repos on the anniversary of the Yuzu lawsuit that made such takedowns easier.
A single DMCA anti-circumvention notice, sent by Nintendo on the one-year anniversary of its 2024 lawsuit against Yuzu, showed just how much things can change in a year. Targeting nine repos linked to Switch emulator Ryujinx, the domino effect led to the removal of 4,238 repos. Elsewhere, the distilled components of Yuzu’s demise can be found in recent takedown notices
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I host my own gitlab instance.
Same. Super easy to do, easy to mirror repos, easy to keep offline…
Even if its online (gitlab.melroy.org), I own my data. And GitHub or any other company can’t decide for me when to remove content.