Dolphin Wii and GameCube emulator won’t be coming to Steam
By ForGeeks GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin will no longer appear on Steam. Having postponed «indefinitely» the release of Dolphin on Steam earlier this year, the team has now said it is «giving up» on trying to bring the emulator to Valve.
The team has now announced that Dolphin will no longer be available on Steam.
«What actually happened was that Valve’s legal department contacted Nintendo to inquire about the announced release of the Dolphin emulator on Steam» — the company explained. «In response, a lawyer representing Nintendo of America demanded that Valve prevent the release of Dolphin on Steam, citing the DMCA as justification. Valve then forwarded the statement from Nintendo’s lawyers and said we must come to an agreement with Nintendo» in order to release on Steam. Given the strong legal language at the beginning of the document and the references to DMCA law, we took this letter seriously».
With the strong legal language at the beginning of the document and the references to DMCA law, we took this letter seriously.
It added: «So, after a long silence, we have a difficult statement to make. We are giving up on trying to release Dolphin on Steam».
The letter added: «So, after a long silence, we have a difficult announcement to make.
Although it is often argued that emulators are legal and that it is illegal to use ROM images of games (containing copyrighted data), it has recently been suggested that Dolphin may be guilty of including the Wii Common Key — the cryptographic key used by Wii to decrypt games.
In a conversation with Kotaku, a Nintendo spokesperson said: «Nintendo is committed to protecting the hard work and creativity of video game engineers and developers. This emulator illegally circumvents Nintendo’s protection measures and runs illegal copies of games. The use of illegal emulators or illegal copies of games harms development and ultimately hinders innovation. Nintendo respects the intellectual property rights of other companies and in turn expects them to do the same».
Nintendo respects the intellectual property rights of other companies and expects them to do the same.
