Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to games@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoPublishers 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 preservationwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down10cross-posted to: libre_culture@sh.itjust.worksretrogaming@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.worksgames@sh.itjust.worksgaming@beehaw.org
arrow-up1176arrow-down1external-linkPublishers 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 preservationwww.gamesradar.comYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to games@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square39fedilinkcross-posted to: libre_culture@sh.itjust.worksretrogaming@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.worksgames@sh.itjust.worksgaming@beehaw.org
minus-squareFrogmanfromlake [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 months agoI’m actually stunned. “Market harm” is a stupid term and it’s being used for games that aren’t even being sold anymore. Games that most kids or adults aren’t going out of their way to find. Anyone else want to play 8-bit Bug’s Life?
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 months agodeleted by creator
minus-squareAernaLingus [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoYou wanna talk absurd–they argued that making a word processing program from 2004 remotely available for viewing primary sources could represent a “market harm” to modern word processing software.
I’m actually stunned. “Market harm” is a stupid term and it’s being used for games that aren’t even being sold anymore. Games that most kids or adults aren’t going out of their way to find. Anyone else want to play 8-bit Bug’s Life?
deleted by creator
You wanna talk absurd–they argued that making a word processing program from 2004 remotely available for viewing primary sources could represent a “market harm” to modern word processing software.