The Video Game History Foundation have released a statement following the US Copyright Office's refusal to make an exemption to aid game preservation.
  • FMT99@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    23 days ago

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

    • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      23 days 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.

    • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish
      11·
      23 days ago

      pirating is wage-theft for the rest of us

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