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Steve Jobs Unveiled A PS1 Emulator For Mac Years Before Emulators Arrived On The App Store (retrododo.com)

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago

Found a neat quote from the judges in the Sony v Connectix case:

"For this reason, some economic loss by Sony as a result of this competition does not compel a finding of no fair use. Sony understandably seeks control over the market for devices that play games Sony produces or licenses. The copyright law, however, does not confer such a monopoly."

Now, it’s worth noting that Connectix actually produced their own BIOS, so this is not quite the same as the common emulators of today.

But still: The idea that copyright does not confer a monopoly on hardware to play your games would be a very spicy take from a court in 2024.