Suppose I’m playing an 80’s RPG on real legal hardware and I’m tired of grinding for XP. I use a cart reader to dump the save file, write a save file I downloaded from the web and finish the game. I don’t even have to access any copyrighted data to do this!
Unless you think data that amounts to
{
"rtc": 1713006754,
"savestates": [
{
"name": " Red",
"xp": 1760,
"pokemon": [
{
"species": 115,
"name": "Fluff",
"hp": 24
},
{
"species": 92,
"name": "Bonk",
"hp": 11
}
]
}
]
}
`
(abriged example in JSON-y format) is copyright-protected, that is.
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
TheCheddarCheese@lemmy.world 5 months ago
it’s SAVE FILES. the base game has to use them. they can’t do anything on their own.
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
frezik@midwest.social 5 months ago
Even if we agree with copyright law as is, that’s hardly a valid analogy. Save files alone are not a complete game.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 5 months ago
Suppose I’m playing an 80’s RPG on real legal hardware and I’m tired of grinding for XP. I use a cart reader to dump the save file, write a save file I downloaded from the web and finish the game. I don’t even have to access any copyrighted data to do this!
Unless you think data that amounts to
LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Unironically, yes. Copyright law in its present form should be completely removed.