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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)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming
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[–] olafurp 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It feels like companies are worried about people not wanting to play new stuff if they have decades of old stuff available. Just like movies right guys?

[–] Alexstarfire 7 points 2 months ago

Watching a movie from 1979

Uhh yea.... right.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The hoops i had to go through, to backup my old end of-lifetime-DVD's on linux. Not to mention the people who figured that stuff out.