minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoPublishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservationwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPublishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservationwww.gamesradar.comminnix@lemux.minnix.dev to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareStern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoMore proof that if they were a new idea, libraries would be fought tooth and nail by book publishers
minus-squareTrueStoryBob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoCould you imagine trying to get there to be libraries today if the concept was new? “We can’t possibly just let people read for free! What, do you think literacy is a right? It’s a privilege!”
More proof that if they were a new idea, libraries would be fought tooth and nail by book publishers
Could you imagine trying to get there to be libraries today if the concept was new? “We can’t possibly just let people read for free! What, do you think literacy is a right? It’s a privilege!”