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Feds Say You Don’t Have a Right to Check Out Retro Video Games Like Library Books (gizmodo.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by iN8sWoRLd@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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"Most of the world’s video games from close to 50 years of history are effectively, legally dead. A Video Games History Foundation study found you can’t buy nearly 90% of games from before 2010. Preservationists have been looking for ways to allow people to legally access gaming history, but the U.S. Copyright Office dealt them a heavy blow Friday. Feds declared that you or any researcher has no right to access old games under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA."

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[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

According to the English version of the Swedish government's website, Sweden does have local laws though? It says there are 23 regions, with 290 municipalities, that are allowed, and have laws, that pertain only to that district/municipality. That the central Swedish government regulates their governance to make sure it adheres to constitution's, and central government law also regulates these areas.

Reading more, there are police local to these regions and local municipalities too. With central government investigative authorities. So, what's the deal with what you are saying, vs what the Swedish government claims

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Maybe something with translation IDK. Municipalities can have different regulations, and breaking them can carry a penalty. But these are not laws.

The "central investigative authorities" are the same police institution as regional police, they're just a different department so to speak.