Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation
Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation
"This fails the needs of citizens in favor of a weak sauce argument from the industry, and it's really disappointing"
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When the programmers of these old titles are saying they’d rather have people keep playing them even if they’re only available on archive site, I say screw the publishers.
Of course!
Wow, imagine money just flowing into your account because you own the likeness of something.
Of course they'd get riled up if it sounds like that might be affected. They'd have to make something new instead of reselling their hits from 25 years ago and licensing their IP for movies and
immortal wastemerch.