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Germany isn't any better though, in fact, Germany has even more restrictive and absurd copyright law than the US.
Here:
And I'm certain that Nintendo will choose the correct court to argue any modern emulator is violating this to sue in. After all, one court in particular is notorious for ignoring all reason when it comes to copyright. For instance, it ruled that you are violating copyright for publishing photos of your home if your walls have a photo wallpaper. After all, making and posting an image of the copyrighted design of the wallpaper on your website, even if the wallpaper is just in the background, constitutes an illegal copy.
The commercial use (e.g. sale, rental) is prohibited according to your cited text.
And while the LG Köln (Cologne) sided with the copyright owner of the wallpaper, other LGs and the OLG Düsseldorf - a higher court - said otherwise:
Abbildung einer Fototapete im Netz ist keine Urheberrechtsverletzung (2024-02-29, in German)
But the copyright owner is appealing that decision and the BGH - the highest court - has to decide.
Urheberrecht: Foto von Fototapete landet beim Bundesgerichtshof (2024-03-07, in German)
And this is just absurd:
what you have quoted is mandated by the WIPO treaty and is perfectly normal to have in your copyright laws, USA has similar laws too