minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days 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-square152fedilinkarrow-up1932arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1930arrow-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.comminnix@lemux.minnix.dev to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square152fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·19 days agoguess what publishers, your videogames are going to be preserved if you allow it or not. I suppose you could have allowed it to happen to garner some goodwill from the community, but you have instead chosen to shit on that goodwill. guess we’ll just do whatever we’ve been doing for the last 25 years and continue to “archive” your “property” that’s been abandoned.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·19 days agoWhat I don’t get is that they’re not sizing the opportunity to do this on their own terms and maybe make some cash off it. Idiots.
guess what publishers, your videogames are going to be preserved if you allow it or not.
I suppose you could have allowed it to happen to garner some goodwill from the community, but you have instead chosen to shit on that goodwill.
guess we’ll just do whatever we’ve been doing for the last 25 years and continue to “archive” your “property” that’s been abandoned.
What I don’t get is that they’re not sizing the opportunity to do this on their own terms and maybe make some cash off it. Idiots.