Do you think that video games will be still known when they will enter the public domain (copyrights expiring)?

  • I Cast Fist
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    361 day ago

    Under current copyright law in the USA, we’re talking about Super Mario Bros becoming public domain around 2075. A number of games will no doubt remain known, one way or another, much like some very old movies remain interesting and known, but a good portion will fall into the bin of “meh, who cares”. I mean, a huge number of games are already almost entirely forgotten.

    • Stern
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      419 hours ago

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    • @Skullgrid
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      151 day ago

      a good portion will fall into the bin of “meh, who cares”.

      Some atari games are already there, and I literally had a module called “history of video games” at university. Those games came out in 1977 ish.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvPkAYT6B1Q