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

[+] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 44 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No. It would not. More like a duty to preserve video game history.

[–] Beldarofremulak@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One day the motorcycle level in battle toads will be a legend some say never existed.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

"I was there, in those dark days. I was leading the charge, on my hoverbike, jumping over chasms filled with brains, narrowly avoiding flashing arbitrarily-placed rock slabs. I fought and killed a giant rat. But I lost my brother, the big pimply galoot he was. To this day, every time I close my eyes, I can hear that beat. The beat of Battle.

Toads."

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, if only the copyright office couldn't block content from passing through wires and airwaves. Curse their inexplicable yet absolute power!

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's really important to keep offline archives of video games, so that despite this bullshit, there are still copies to circulate.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but the problem is that it is now the only medium singled out from remote access, you can remotely rent books and movies.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

Right, but I'm just saying the archival must continue regardless.

[+] Nytixus@kbin.melroy.org 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Oh well, I guess Ill change nothing about what I do

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Your strongly worded letter has been noted.

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