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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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[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago

I’m actually stunned. “Market harm” is a stupid term and it’s being used for games that aren’t even being sold anymore. Games that most kids or adults aren’t going out of their way to find. Anyone else want to play 8-bit Bug’s Life?

[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

You wanna talk absurd--they argued that making a word processing program from 2004 remotely available for viewing primary sources could represent a "market harm" to modern word processing software.

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