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U.S. Copyright Office rejects DMCA exemption to support game preservation (www.gamedeveloper.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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This sucks.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

'cause why ask permission to back up and preserve your own stuff?

Copy that floppy!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is great and advisable.

But what about online only games that can be nuked whenever the publisher feels like it?

https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably depends on the game. I'm pretty sure more popular games or games with a sizable amount of dedicated fans, like the TF2 community, have probably already found a way to make their own private servers or at least are working on it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

TF2 has official private server support, from day 1 I think.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Had absolutely no idea. Good to know.