Xatolos@reddthat.com to Gaming@beehaw.org · 7 months agoCan an online library of classic video games ever be legal?arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkCan an online library of classic video games ever be legal?arstechnica.comXatolos@reddthat.com to Gaming@beehaw.org · 7 months agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-27 months agoI would be all in favor of “Use it or lose it” rights to Digital Distribution… Don’t offer a reasonable way to access a product? Can’t bitch when Abandonware sites give it away for nothing.
minus-squareFeydaikin@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-27 months agoThere is an expiration date for IP. But I have little idea what type it goes under. I just assume the reason old, barely functional games get the odd 1.3kb update every once in a blue moon is to “refresh” that expiration date.
I would be all in favor of “Use it or lose it” rights to Digital Distribution… Don’t offer a reasonable way to access a product? Can’t bitch when Abandonware sites give it away for nothing.
There is an expiration date for IP. But I have little idea what type it goes under.
I just assume the reason old, barely functional games get the odd 1.3kb update every once in a blue moon is to “refresh” that expiration date.