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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 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming
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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

What good is preserving old cultural products if you can't use them the way they were intended? Oh yeah, we've got that old record of a book/piece of music/movie in our archive. No, nobody can access it, it's not fair for people selling newer ones!

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Why do we still teach children the classics? Can't you see that's hurting profits?