realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city to Technology@kbin.social · 1 year agoAlmost 90 percent of classic games are ‘critically endangered,’ say archivistsmessage-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareAlmost 90 percent of classic games are ‘critically endangered,’ say archivistsrealcaseyrollins@narwhal.city to Technology@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
It is impossibly hard to play games released before 2010. https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/14/23792586/classic-game-preservation-video-game-history-foundation-esa
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoBecause they want to keep it till the very last moment just in case they can make money with a remake or something, even if it crumbles to dust and gets lost forever. What I really want to ask is why does the law enable this?
minus-squareUnaware7013@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoBecause copyright makes rights holders lots of money, money they use to bribe politicians to keep extending copyright.
Because they want to keep it till the very last moment just in case they can make money with a remake or something, even if it crumbles to dust and gets lost forever. What I really want to ask is why does the law enable this?
Because copyright makes rights holders lots of money, money they use to bribe politicians to keep extending copyright.