Nintendo achieved blocking The main repository project suyu on Gitlab, a day after publication of the first issue. The repository was blocked after sending a complaint about violation of the Suyu draft in the United States Law on copyright in the digital era (DMCA). Alternative repository, launched on its own server using the Forgejo platform, as well as repository with releases on the Gitlab site, continue to work.
Suyu emulator sent to the Gitlab DMCA request states that, like Yuzu, the Suyu emulator is specially created to bypass technical protection methods, and uses illegally obtained copies of cryptographic keys to decipher games and firmware, despite the fact that the involvement The keys to decipher the games falls on users and is made using third-party tools, the fact of decryption on the emulator side is perceived by Nintendo as an illegal bypass of technical protection measures, even if the user uses the keys extracted from his own purchased copy (in the conditions of use it is forbidden to create copies for launching for launching on other platforms).
The Suyu project was created by branching from the Yuzu code base and continued to develop the Nintendo Switch gaming prefix emulator after folding the development of Yuzu as a result of the Nintendo agreement on the termination of the trial. Suyu developers tried to take into account the previous claims of Nintendo and initially indicated on their website, which do not justify and do not contribute to piracy and violation of intellectual property, but develop the project exclusively for research purposes and to maintain the idea of equipment in the future.
Suyu is presented as a tool for protecting the interests of users, which will not allow you to lose the possibility of launching the purchased games in the case of external influence or loss of the original media. The project is positioned as completely free and fundamentally refusing to use any forms of monetization and