The U.S. Copyright Office denied an exemption from the DMCA to allow gaming historians to access out-of-print games they can’t legally get.

The U.S. Copyright Office denied an exemption from the DMCA to allow gaming historians to access out-of-print games they can’t legally get anywhere else.

  • tacosanonymous@lemm.eeEnglish
    161·
    1 month ago

    This ruling seems insane since libraries can already lend new games. I think mine still has wiiu stuff.

    • kautau@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 month ago

      Yeah I mean if it was applied to books this is like saying that libraries shouldn’t be able to reprint out of print books and lend them out, which would be asinine. If a library has that capability they should be able to do so.

      • basmati@lemmus.orgEnglish
        21·
        1 month ago

        Nearly all public libraries already “lend out” ebooks and digital movies. There is no reason games should have an exemption.