If those takedown notices aren't complied with, then sometimes the manufacturer or developer or publisher decides to make an example of that business and take it as far as a lawsuit. 'But most of the time it doesn't get that far, and tends to be takedown notices against websites distributing emulators.
'So in the very worst case scenario - and this is semi-academic, most of the time - there could be criminal sanctions for the commercial distribution of an emulator. 'Many countries make piracy a criminal offence,' says Purewal.
