Comment on Feds Say You Don’t Have a Right to Check Out Retro Video Games Like Library Books

• absquatulate@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lobbying. The greedy fucks will lobby until they get their way

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• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Physical rentals are still legal. This is only about the legality of online rom downloads.

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  • ArgentRaven@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m speaking mainly of the distrust against the public having access for fear that we’d abuse it and not give them a cut. We can’t have access to these things now, but we used to. Regardless of form, regardless of piracy.

    It’s more of a move to restrict ownership when you make a purchase, that has a farther reach than just games. I could see this being applied to cars, houses, etc. In that you only rent a license, and don’t actually own anything. I see this as just a first step, and the logic they use to justify it doesn’t make sense.

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    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We can’t have access to these things now, but we used to.

      ??? There was no change. It was always illegal. This was a petition to change it to be legal and the petition was denied.

      Despite it being illegal, Internet Archive has hosted and I hope will continue to host roms collections like tiny best set go.

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