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Publishers 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 preservation (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

preserved games might be used for entertainment

Umm, yeah, that's what a lot of preserved media is used for. You think publishers are losing their shit over people enjoying Shakespeare?

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I subscribe to a lot of YouTube channels that have silent films and films from the 1930s and 40s. Also I have a lot of movies from the 70s to 90s on my drive (and some more recent, too). I don't always watch the more recent stuff.

It is ironic, too. Because when VHS first came out, it didn't take long for film studios to start to release tons upon tons of their old classics (that were often shown on TV anyway) on tape and frequently capitalized on people's desire for owning and watching older media. Sure people got the new stuff (for both rental and ownership) like there was no tomorrow, but if you were in the 80s and wanted to watch 40s stuff (which was like the 80s for people living in the 80s... feeling old yet?) you wouldn't have had that hard of a time finding the classics.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 5 points 4 weeks ago

This is what really baffles me about the industry. They could be making some real decent cash off of this old IP if they just made it accessible and put a tiny bit of effort into it. Imagine all the old games the switch already runs. Imagine it running EVERYTHING! ugh. Dummies!

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 5 points 4 weeks ago

Big Book hates him!