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Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] QuarterSwede 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

When the programmers of these old titles are saying they’d rather have people keep playing them even if they’re only available on archive site, I say screw the publishers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Of course!

Wow, imagine money just flowing into your account because you own the likeness of something.

Of course they'd get riled up if it sounds like that might be affected. They'd have to make something new instead of reselling their hits from 25 years ago and licensing their IP for movies and ~~immortal waste~~ merch.