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Two days after Bleem! started taking preorders for their emulator, Sony took umbrage and sued the company for unfair competition and copyright infringement. Bleem! won the suit on all counts, in that their way of reverse-engineering the PS1's inner workings was done lawfully, and the use of PlayStation game screenshots were deemed fair use. A protective order was issued to "protect David from Goliath". | Two days after Bleem! started taking preorders for their emulator, Sony took umbrage and sued the company for unfair competition and copyright infringement. Bleem! won the suit on all counts, in that their way of reverse-engineering the PS1's inner workings was done lawfully, and the use of PlayStation game screenshots were deemed fair use. A protective order was issued to "protect David from Goliath". | ||
This ended in a Pyrrhic victory however, as the lawsuit forced Bleem! out of business due to legal fees. Despite this, the case established a precedent legitimising console and computer system emulation - no emulator author has since been sued for copyright infringement. | This ended in a Pyrrhic victory however, as the lawsuit forced Bleem! out of business due to legal fees. Despite this, the case established a precedent legitimising console and computer system emulation - no emulator author has since been sued for copyright infringement, though at least some emulator authors have been given cease-and-desist notices by the likes of Nintendo for their inclusion of copyrighted ROMs in their software, a practice normally frowned upon the community. | ||
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