Takedown Notice Wipes Game Boy Advance Emulator From GitHub

A popular browser-based Game Boy Advance emulator with nearly 100 working games was removed from GitHub this week. The takedown request was sent by the ESA, which acts on behalf of Nintendo and other game companies. The problem hasn't been sorted out completely, however, as nostalgic games can easily find alternatives, even on GitHub.

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Paris Hilton is One of the First Defendants at the ‘Small’ Copyright Claims Board

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June 21, 2022, 20:58 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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MANGA Plus Invites Users to Confess Piracy & Name Most-Used Pirate Sites

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Judge Recommends $150k Piracy Judgment Against Torrent Site Operator

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Takedown Notice Wipes Game Boy Advance Emulator From GitHub

Digital Trails: How Bungie Identified a Mass Sender of Fake DMCA Notices

Brazil’s Targets ‘Metaverse’ Piracy in Latest “Operation 404” Crackdown

DMCA Subpoena to Unmask Twitter User Hits Fair Use & Constitutional Roadblock

Tarantino Asks Court to Dismiss Miramax’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFT Lawsuit

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Paris Hilton is One of the First Defendants at the ‘Small’ Copyright Claims Board

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