The US Copyright Office has denied a request to allow remote access to out-of-print video games, a decision that impacts video game preservation efforts.

  • @NegativeLookBehind
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    4424 days ago

    Be a real shame, if like, someone were to pirate all that shit on the internet, wouldn’t it?

      • @Beldarofremulak
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        1024 days ago

        One day the motorcycle level in battle toads will be a legend some say never existed.

        • @[email protected]
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          223 days ago

          "I was there, in those dark days. I was leading the charge, on my hoverbike, jumping over chasms filled with brains, narrowly avoiding flashing arbitrarily-placed rock slabs. I fought and killed a giant rat. But I lost my brother, the big pimply galoot he was. To this day, every time I close my eyes, I can hear that beat. The beat of Battle.

          Toads."

    • @LovableSidekick
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      18 days ago

      Yes, if only the copyright office couldn’t block content from passing through wires and airwaves. Curse their inexplicable yet absolute power!

  • Dr. Wesker
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    3324 days ago

    It’s really important to keep offline archives of video games, so that despite this bullshit, there are still copies to circulate.

    • @yamanii
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      423 days ago

      Yeah, but the problem is that it is now the only medium singled out from remote access, you can remotely rent books and movies.

      • Dr. Wesker
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        123 days ago

        Right, but I’m just saying the archival must continue regardless.

  • @Squizzy
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    423 days ago

    Oh well, I guess Ill change nothing about what I do