what’s being circumvented here is the encryption of Wii games. the primary purpose of Dolphin is not to decrypt Wii games, it is to emulate them (in other words, make them interoperable with PC hardware, as pointed out later). the circumvention of encryption is a necessary part of emulation, but it’s not the primary purpose.
I don’t think that has much weight unless you’re going to argue Dolphin is primarily about running Wii homebrew where the encryption/protection isn’t an issue. When you go to the dolphin site and all there’s screenshots and a huge compatibility database of GC/Wii games, that would seem like a thin veil.
what’s being circumvented here is the encryption of Wii games. the primary purpose of Dolphin is not to decrypt Wii games, it is to emulate them (in other words, make them interoperable with PC hardware, as pointed out later). the circumvention of encryption is a necessary part of emulation, but it’s not the primary purpose.
I don’t think that has much weight unless you’re going to argue Dolphin is primarily about running Wii homebrew where the encryption/protection isn’t an issue. When you go to the dolphin site and all there’s screenshots and a huge compatibility database of GC/Wii games, that would seem like a thin veil.
The DMCA explicitly carves out emulation. What do you think “interoperability” means?