US Copyright Office Denies Remote Access to Out-of-Print Games

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Kain1@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨retrogaming@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.retronews.com/us-copyright-office-denies-remote-access-to-out-of-print-games/

The US Copyright Office has denied a request to allow remote access to out-of-print video games, a decision that impacts video game preservation efforts.

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Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Oh well, I guess Ill change nothing about what I do

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jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Your strongly worded letter has been noted.

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wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It’s really important to keep offline archives of video games, so that despite this bullshit, there are still copies to circulate.

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- yamanii@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah, but the problem is that it is now the only medium singled out from remote access, you can remotely rent books and movies.
  
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  - wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Right, but I’m just saying the archival must continue regardless.
    
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NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Be a real shame, if like, someone were to pirate all that shit on the internet, wouldn’t it?

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