minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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-up1941arrow-down12cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
arrow-up1939arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square152fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·3 months agoIt feels like companies are worried about people not wanting to play new stuff if they have decades of old stuff available. Just like movies right guys?
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoWatching a movie from 1979 Uhh yea… right.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThe hoops i had to go through, to backup my old end of-lifetime-DVD’s on linux. Not to mention the people who figured that stuff out.
It feels like companies are worried about people not wanting to play new stuff if they have decades of old stuff available. Just like movies right guys?
Watching a movie from 1979
Uhh yea… right.
The hoops i had to go through, to backup my old end of-lifetime-DVD’s on linux. Not to mention the people who figured that stuff out.