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U.S. Copyright Office rejects DMCA exemption to support game preservation (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 1 month ago by ampersandrew to c/games

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This sucks.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) which claimed preservation supporters like the VGHF "[did] not propose a clear requirement to know who the users are or why they want to access a game." Likewise, it suggested those lack of requirements meant supporters aimed to "reserve almost complete discretion in how they would provide access to preserve[d] games."

Stingy. You fucks don't make money with it anymore.