The Video Game History Foundation is “not done fighting” after US Copyright Office refuses exemption to aid preservation

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Zippy Bot · 10 hours ago

The Video Game History Foundation is “not done fighting” after US Copyright Office refuses exemption to aid preservation

@FMT99 · 10 hours ago

Don’t worry, we’re going to preserve these games anyway. Copyright means absolutely nothing in the digital age.

@paddirn · 4 hours ago

“Pirates” are Digital Archivists, preserving history for all of humanity. Just in the TTRPG space alone, there are so many out of print publications that would’ve been lost forever were it not for them, same with videogames as well.

@[email protected] · edit-2 4 hours ago

pirating is wage-theft for the rest of us

except pirating is a crime and wage-theft requires civil action from employee