The Video Game History Foundation decried the 'lobbying efforts by rightsholder groups' that have 'impeded' proper efforts to archive old games at libraries.

This sucks.

  • ElectroVagrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1151·
    5 days ago

    When preserving culture is criminal, or punishable, ya might want to reevaluate your laws

    In the meantime, people are gonna do it anyway 'cause why ask permission to back up and preserve your own stuff? And when the law finally catches up, some will be grateful to those that did so despite the earlier wrongful laws that tried to discourage them.

    • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.comEnglish
      7·
      4 days ago

      Video games are probably thought of more as “tech” rather than “culture.” And obsolescence is a part of tech.

      I don’t agree with it, but that is what I think their view on it is.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
    201·
    4 days ago

    the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) which claimed preservation supporters like the VGHF “[did] not propose a clear requirement to know who the users are or why they want to access a game.” Likewise, it suggested those lack of requirements meant supporters aimed to “reserve almost complete discretion in how they would provide access to preserve[d] games.”

    Stingy. You fucks don’t make money with it anymore.

  • _bcron_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    5 days ago

    I can see why the ESA would want to defend IP but it should sadden everyone that they’re basically taking thousands upon thousands of titles of abandonware hostage in order to protect a couple hundred that might possibly have some value on the Playstation or Nintendo store or as a bundle on PC at some point in the future.

    I used to download abandonware from the mid 80s, monochrome CRPG type stuff, back in the late 90s. Kinda bummed that most of them are probably just gone at this point. CRPG and blobbers, bygone era.

    Shame on the Entertainment Software Association, not giving a damn about software.