We really need to push for more right to repair laws and things not produced by the copyright holder (say for 5 years) should lose all copyright protections.
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toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
…Recent laws in Japan have criminalized console and game modding, as well as save file editing…
WHAT? why?..what???
neblem@lemmy.world 10 months ago
mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Successful lobbying by Sony and Nintendo I imagine.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Because:
It’s meant to ban sale of hardware devices and services that allow playing pirated games on Switch and such, but due to the way it’s worded it just bans them all.
model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Can’t wait for Nintendo to sue Microsoft because VS Code can be used to edit save files.
Fijxu@programming.dev 10 months ago
lol man is just a game. Let me have fun exploring hidden rooms. No one is committing a crime by modifying their own game save.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 10 months ago
For some of us, finding ways to cheat IS the game.
grue@lemmy.world 10 months ago
In other words, Japan apparently hates property rights.