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The US Copyright Office has denied a request to allow remote access to out-of-print video games, a decision that impacts video game preservation efforts.

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[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Oh well, I guess Ill change nothing about what I do

[–] Nytixus@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 20 hours ago

Pirating it is, assholes. If you're going to make this an official ruling, then stop attacking gamers that pirate out of print games when they acquire them.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Be a real shame, if like, someone were to pirate all that shit on the internet, wouldn’t it?

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No. It would not. More like a duty to preserve video game history.

[–] Beldarofremulak@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One day the motorcycle level in battle toads will be a legend some say never existed.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago

"I was there, in those dark days. I was leading the charge, on my hoverbike, jumping over chasms filled with brains, narrowly avoiding flashing arbitrarily-placed rock slabs. I fought and killed a giant rat. But I lost my brother, the big pimply galoot he was. To this day, every time I close my eyes, I can hear that beat. The beat of Battle.

Toads."

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's really important to keep offline archives of video games, so that despite this bullshit, there are still copies to circulate.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, but the problem is that it is now the only medium singled out from remote access, you can remotely rent books and movies.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 hours ago

Right, but I'm just saying the archival must continue regardless.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Your strongly worded letter has been noted.