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Nintendo Targets Picofly Switch Modchip Firmware in GitHub DMCA Takedown
TorrentFreak - News • • technology
Key Points:
- In November 2023, Nintendo issued a takedown notice to GitHub targeting the Ansem-SoD/Picofly repository and its network of 144 repositories, which hosted firmware for Switch modchips like Picofly, SX Core, and SX Lite.
- Nintendo argues that the modchip firmware circumvents the Switch’s technological protection measures (TPMs), violating the DMCA by enabling illegal copies of games to run on the console.
- This is Nintendo’s first known action against modchip firmware on GitHub, expanding from previous notices that focused mainly on emulators and key dumping tools.
- The takedown references the 2020 criminal case against Team-Xecuter members, including Gary Bowser’s guilty plea for trafficking circumvention devices, to support its claims.
- While the Picofly repository network was disabled, some modchip firmware repositories remain online, and Nintendo also issued separate takedowns against emulator projects like Citron Neo and yuzu on the same day.
