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Almost 90 percent of classic games are ‘critically endangered,’ say archivists (narwhal.city)

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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

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

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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Because copyright makes rights holders lots of money, money they use to bribe politicians to keep extending copyright.