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Can an online library of classic video games ever be legal? (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I would be all in favor of "Use it or lose it" rights to Digital Distribution.... Don't offer a reasonable way to access a product? Can't bitch when Abandonware sites give it away for nothing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

There is an expiration date for IP. But I have little idea what type it goes under.

I just assume the reason old, barely functional games get the odd 1.3kb update every once in a blue moon is to "refresh" that expiration date.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Copyright is not "use it or lose it", but as it is, it is unworkable for digital media. Computer hardware doesn't last a century and with no other measures being taken to preserve that content, it's effectively doomed by the law. It also doesn't reflect a world where average people make edits of copyrighted content as a means of expression without seeing any problem with that.