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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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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

This reminds me that 90% of silent movies are lost forever because there was no effort to preserve them at the time.

If it wasn't for people going as far deliding chips and breaking encryption, a good chunk of gaming history would be lost by now.