Zippy BotAB to GamingEnglish · 2 months agoThe Video Game History Foundation is “not done fighting” after US Copyright Office refuses exemption to aid preservationwww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down11
arrow-up182arrow-down1external-linkThe Video Game History Foundation is “not done fighting” after US Copyright Office refuses exemption to aid preservationwww.rockpapershotgun.comZippy BotAB to GamingEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareFMT99@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoDon’t worry, we’re going to preserve these games anyway. Copyright means absolutely nothing in the digital age.
minus-squarepaddirn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months ago“Pirates” are Digital Archivists, preserving history for all of humanity. Just in the TTRPG space alone, there are so many out of print publications that would’ve been lost forever were it not for them, same with videogames as well.
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agopirating is wage-theft for the rest of us except pirating is a crime and wage-theft requires civil action from employee
Don’t worry, we’re going to preserve these games anyway. Copyright means absolutely nothing in the digital age.
“Pirates” are Digital Archivists, preserving history for all of humanity. Just in the TTRPG space alone, there are so many out of print publications that would’ve been lost forever were it not for them, same with videogames as well.
pirating is wage-theft for the rest of us
except pirating is a crime and wage-theft requires civil action from employee