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Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Can an online library of classic video games ever be legal?

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Can an online library of classic video games ever be legal?

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Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Preservationists propose access limits, but industry worries about a free "online arcade."
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    Abandonwares anyone ?

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      Abandonware isn’t really legally defined

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        only because doing so would cost money and not immediately benefit capitalists.

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          Oh, for sure. Would be pretty good if there was an actual definition of what constitutes abandonware; say, if the game has been out of print for at least 2 years or whatever.

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            Abandonware amounts to “the rights holder no longer exists or no one knows who owns the rights anymore” or, more clearly “no one is enforcing their rights to this game anymore for whatever reason, so it’s de facto public domain.”

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      Has abandonware ever been legal?

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