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After reporting that the site hasn't been financially viable for years, the operator of Subscene, one of the internet's most important subtitle sites, has pulled the plug. The plan had been known for some time and at least two, mostly complete backups, have been acquired by separate archiving teams. A 90GB torrent is currently being shared all over the world, but for international movie and TV show app users that rely on Subscene for subtitles, chaos may prevail for a while. confusedAfter two decades online and maybe even a few more under Divxstation branding right at the beginning, veteran subtitle download site Subscene.com has finally thrown in the towel. In various guises, linked to specific geographic regions, perhaps as many as 50 domains can be linked to Subscene over the past twenty years. At a time when legal streaming services didn’t even exist, Subscene offered subtitles for large libraries of movies and TV shows in multiple languages. Making content accessible to non-native speakers, in countries where legal streaming services wouldn’t arrive for a decade, didn’t just help people to understand movies. For those hoping to widen their horizons, subtitles became opportunities to learn new languages. For the deaf and hard of hearing, subtitles represented a new connection with the wider world. Competition – Finally Things are, of course, very different today. While a disappointing number of legal streaming platforms still fail to provide acceptable subtitles on all content, Netflix releases often arrive with subtitles in dozens of languages. That seems likely to have played a part in reduced levels of traffic at Subscene, leading to a fairly quiet announcement two months ago. “Hi everyone, i’m very sorry to be [writing] this, but Subscene cannot continue for much longer,” the site’s owner told users. “It has not been paying for itself for several years now, visitors are falling, and maintenance cannot continue. I am amazed at all your administrative work with the content which is the primary reason that I have continued paying for the site for this long. Thank you all for this journey we have been on together. If I can do anything for you let me know.” Shutdown in 24 Hours On May 2, 2024, Subscene’s owner posted to the site’s forum to confirm what had been mentioned at least eight weeks earlier. Subscene would be shutting down for good. subscene-24 Some Subscene users complained that 24 hours wasn’t enough time to back up subtitles they had uploaded to the site. Others expressed concerns that a giant subtitle collection shouldn’t just disappear without an effort to preserve it. The reality is that efforts to preserve the contents of Subscene had been underway for some time. Archiving, Hoarding Data Soon after the first announcement two months ago, indicating that Subscene would close down, members of the /r/DataHoarder subreddit had quickly sprung into action. They produced a full 90GB+ database, which they say even includes deleted subtitle files, and then made it available online via a regular .torrent file, a magnet link, and for the Usenet fans, an NZB file. As mentioned on their Wiki, Archive Team sprang into action with the 24-hour shutdown period underway yet still managed to retrieve almost everything. “It was announced on 2024-05-02 that the site would cease operations within 24 hours, and that a ‘takeover plan was not possible’. No reason was given for the sudden closure. A DPoS project was started 2024-05-03 13:56 UTC and was able to grab most subtitles before the websites demise later that day at 2024-05-03 21:11 UTC.” Data Saved But in The Wrong Place for App Users Users who prefer to use mostly Android apps for their movie and TV show fix, often have in-app access to subtitles. As the image below shows, Subscene.com is regularly used as a source for those subtitles. app-apk Since the site’s URL appears to be hardcoded in many cases, only an app update will be able to point to a new location. Even then, open access to the files isn’t guaranteed and will only become more complex if there’s not enough centralized interest in creating or curating new subtitles for the latest titles. There’s no suggestion from the site’s operator that Subscene has faced recent legal issues but nevertheless, blocking injunctions and personalized mentions in industry reports to government have played a part in the site’s history. According to a message on the site’s main page, that history ends here.

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After Nintendo filed a full-blown lawsuit against the developers of the Yuzu emulator in February, a rapid settlement effectively ended that phase of the project a little over a week later. In March, Nintendo targeted various related tools, taking down dozens of repos at a time. This week, a single DMCA notice filed at GitHub effortlessly took out 8,535 Yuzu repos; elsewhere, new target Mig Switch also receives attention. yuzu-codeOver the last quarter-century the piracy landscape has regularly received major blows from which many believed it could never recover. While in most cases the doomsday scenario never materialized, not all niches are created equally. Those that require a very specific set of skills usually face more complex challenges. When Nintendo sued the company and ultimately the developers of the Yuzu emulator in February, that was a significant event. When the team settled the lawsuit just a week later, that was not just unexpected. The speed of the settlement seemed to suggest some type of vulnerability beyond the paperwork, and real enough – whatever it was – for Yuzu’s developers to submit. Comebacks aren’t unheard of or impossible, but coding an emulator is an entirely different proposition than running a website or uploading movies; there’s certainly not much of a crowd to hide in either. The Big Clean-Up The law didn’t change overnight when Yuzu was sued but Nintendo’s messaging since then strongly suggests that the company’s tolerance of infringers has shifted. Nintendo started its post-Yuzu clean-up operation in March, targeting numerous projects that until recently had operated mostly without fear of serious disruption. Then last week, Nintendo made its intentions clearer still when targeting Nintendo-themed addons for Garry’s Mod, potentially a couple of decades worth, according to the team. That fairly turbulent event has just been followed by perhaps the most efficient takedown filed anywhere on the internet in recent years. A single DMCA notice filed at GitHub triggered a chain reaction that took out over 8,535 Yuzu repos, all in the time it took to send an email. dmca-nintendo-git Had the lawsuit against Yuzu not been filed and settled so quickly, and Nintendo hadn’t articulated its legal position with such clarity, GitHub’s approach to the takedown may have been more difficult. In the event the platform says it contacted the owners of the affected repos to give them an opportunity to make changes, and provided information on DMCA counter notices and availability of legal resources. nintendo-dmca-gh1 Weeding out every last repo will clearly take much more time but given the diminishing returns, that may not be of particular interest to Nintendo. Resources directed towards emerging threats may be considered a more effective strategy, however. Mig Switch / Mig Dumper Suppression Last December, rumors began to circulate about an upcoming product, a flashcart for the Nintendo Switch billed as a backup and development device. Branded Mig Switch, it was claimed the device would have enough memory to store several ROMs and would allow users to select which ‘backup’ to play, no soldering required. Mig Dumper, a tool for backing up original games, would appear separately. Videos and reviews of Mig Switch have been appearing online and while prospective buyers will need a Switch console to use it, in common with Yuzu the plan is unlikely to involve the purchase of games. As a result, Nintendo is already attempting to remove Mig Switch and Mig Dumper reseller websites from Google search, including those whose screenshots are shown below, along with Nintendo’s takedown text. nintendo-mig-switch-takedowns At the time of writing, pages on around 75 domains have been targeted for deindexing. Nintendo used DMCA anti-circumvention notices which unlike regular DMCA notices, have no counter notice process available. Meanwhile, Mig Switch reportedly faces competition from UnlockSwitch, a not dissimilar device with the same functionality that may (or may not) be a clone of Mig Switch, which in turn may (or may not) be a clone of UnlockSwitch. The people behind Mig Switch alleged that UnlockSwitch is a pre-order scam and their review units are actually Mig Switch devices underneath. Which side to believe, if any, is a personal choice; there’s unlikely to be a patent or registered mark to clear up the dispute. Genuine dubious device or merely a copy of one?unlockswitch Things rarely stand still in the Nintendo piracy scene; its ability to recover seems inextricably linked to the size of Nintendo’s user base and the opportunity to generate revenue with the right product. As a result, it’s unlikely that Nintendo’s hardened approach will deliver a terminal body blow at this end of the market anytime soon. As for the future of the Switch emulation scene, there’s no denying it looks more precarious now than it did in January.

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