Homebrew Freeshop gets DMCA'd on Github...

[ferofax]

Well, to be honest everyone who uses this app probably uses it for piracy.

This is no longer piracy. Piracy is copying something and then distributing the copy.

This thing lets you download games from the official eShop without paying for it.
Imagine if somebody made an app that lets you connect to Steam and download everything you want without paying for it.
This thing is IMO practically highway robbery. This shit is big, so I expect Nintendo is just waiting for someone to make a mistake and slap them with a lawsuit.

 

[Drakia]

This is no longer piracy. Piracy is copying something and then distributing the copy.

Piracy is just another word for copyright infringement for the most part, so yes, this is piracy (The unauthorized use or distribution of a copyrighted work)

Imagine if somebody made an app that lets you connect to Steam and download everything you want without paying for it.

It existed, may still exist, I haven't looked into it in a long while.

This thing is IMO practically highway robbery. This shit is big, so I expect Nintendo is just waiting for someone to make a mistake and slap them with a lawsuit.

Meh, if they were going to sue anyone, it would have been done by now against me, TheCruel, or Cearp, for being the idea men behind the two projects that allow it. But they'd lose, because we don't break any laws And they won't go after individual users, because even if they won, they'd win pennies by spending tens of thousands on lawyers, it's a waste of money.

 

[Jayro]

It existed, may still exist, I haven't looked into it in a long while.

PacSteam, it was awful to setup and use. I tried it out in 2010, and it was practically dead then.

 

[Drakia]

PacSteam, it was awful to setup and use. I tried it out in 2010, and it was practically dead then.

I last used it in '07 or so, and it just added everything to your Steam library so you could download it: http://i.imgur.com/NbUbeFw.png