https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/03/switch-emulator-suyu-hit-by-gitlab-dmca-project-lives-on-through-self-hosting/ [arstechnica.com]
Switch emulator Suyu—a fork of the Nintendo-targeted [arstechnica.com] and now-defunct [arstechnica.com] emulation project Yuzu—has been taken down from GitLab following a DMCA request Thursday. But the emulation project's open source files remain available on a self-hosted git repo on the Suyu website [suyu.dev], and recent compiled binaries remain available on an extant GitLab repo [gitlab.com].
While the DMCA takedown request has not yet appeared on GitLab's public repository of such requests [github.com], a GitLab spokesperson confirmed to The Verge [theverge.com] that the project was taken down after the site received notice "from a representative of the rightsholder." GitLab has not specified who made the request or how they represented themselves; a representative for Nintendo was not immediately available to respond to a request for comment.
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