The team behind GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin has abandoned its efforts to bring it to Steam
“What actually happened was that Valve’s legal department contactedto inquire about the announced release of Dolphin Emulator on Steam,” it explained. “In reply to this, a lawyer representing Nintendo of America requested Valve prevent Dolphin from releasing on the Steam store, citing the DMCA as justification.
It added: “So, after a long stay of silence, we have a difficult announcement to make. We are abandoning our efforts to release Dolphin on Steam. While it’s often argued that emulators are legal and it’s the use of ROM images of games which is illegal, it’s recently been suggested that Dolphin may be at fault because it includes the Wii Common Key, a cryptographic key used by the Wii to decrypt games., 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.
Following the news that the Steam version of Dolphin had been blocked, developer and emulation expertclaiming that Dolphin may struggle to win this particular battle due to its use of the Wii Common Key.
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