The U.S. Copyright Office denied an exemption from the DMCA to allow gaming historians to access out-of-print games they can’t legally get.

“Most of the world’s video games from close to 50 years of history are effectively, legally dead. A Video Games History Foundation study found you can’t buy nearly 90% of games from before 2010. Preservationists have been looking for ways to allow people to legally access gaming history, but the U.S. Copyright Office dealt them a heavy blow Friday. Feds declared that you or any researcher has no right to access old games under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA.”

  • @[email protected]English
    3•8 hours ago

    There are no “local laws” in Sweden that differ between parts of the country, only laws that apply to the entire country.

    • @Jiggle_PhysicsEnglish
      1•49 minutes ago

      According to the English version of the Swedish government’s website, Sweden does have local laws though? It says there are 23 regions, with 290 municipalities, that are allowed, and have laws, that pertain only to that district/municipality. That the central Swedish government regulates their governance to make sure it adheres to constitution’s, and central government law also regulates these areas.

      Reading more, there are police local to these regions and local municipalities too. With central government investigative authorities. So, what’s the deal with what you are saying, vs what the Swedish government claims

      • @[email protected]English
        1•12 minutes ago

        Maybe something with translation IDK. Municipalities can have different regulations, and breaking them can carry a penalty. But these are not laws.

        The “central investigative authorities” are the same police institution as regional police, they’re just a different department so to speak.

    • @x00zEnglish
      1•5 hours ago

      Interesting. What about federal police?

        • @x00zEnglish
          2•5 hours ago

          So every police officer can go and answer every call?

          Over here we have police zones, and police officers patrol their own zone and handle the issues of their own zone (as long as no outside backup is required). Then we have the federal police that handle national issues and stuff like murders.