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[HN] Study: 87% of classic video games are not legally available (gamehistory.org)
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[–] asunaspersonalasst 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Copyright as it is today is one of humanity's worst mistake.

[–] Imotali 22 points 2 years ago

You can actually blame Disney for much of this.

[–] Syrc 16 points 2 years ago

Well, humanity did make a HUGE amount of mistakes worse than current copyright, to be honest. That one’s an abomination, but we’re generally really good at ruining stuff.