Over two decades ago, a small company by the name of Bleem! appeared and offered a unique product in the gaming market, the ability to play PlayStation games outside of the original hardware, in what would be popularly known as "emulation" worldwide, be it in Windows PCs at the time (Windows 95...

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Over two decades ago, a small company by the name of Bleem! appeared and offered a unique product in the gaming market, the ability to play PlayStation games outside of the original hardware, in what would be popularly known as “emulation” worldwide, be it in Windows PCs at the time (Windows 95…

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      11•3 months ago

      This commercial emulator was a key target for Sony, who took the Bleem company to court over alleged copyright violations to their PlayStation hardware, and while the courts initially failed in favour of Sony, Bleem appealed several times, and after a heated legal battle going back and forth, the courts sided in favour of Bleem!, with the decision being that the work of Bleem! constituted fair use.

      They didn’t invent it, they just fought in court to make it legal

      • @[email protected]English
        3•3 months ago

        Yeah i read the article and went to the nonexistent Kickstarter.

        We were emulating long before Bleem went to court.