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Vanishing act: 87% of classic video games are no longer available commercially | The disappearance of classic video games (www.techspot.com)

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That probably doesn't come as much of a surprise to retro gaming enthusiasts, but those outside the gaming community might not even know there is a problem....

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[-] Pika@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

sadly with the increasing DRM protections, the legality of it isn't as clear anymore. Breaking a protected standard is still illegal, which in my opinion is really stupid because if it was for archival purposes from something you own, I feel it should be in the same category as self repair/right to repair acts.

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Legally speaking, you don't own any copyrighted work; you own a license to consume that work.

[-] ziggurism@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah agreed

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