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It feels like Nintendo doesn’t want us to play older games until they say we can... (lemmy.ml)
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[–] lateraltwo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Only reason games don't become public domain is because of IP license. So just in case the rights holder wants to revisit a mothballed IP decades after the last time it was relevant, the entire catalog of that IP is off limits