L4sBotVanishing act: 87% of classic video games are no longer available commercially | The disappearance of classic video games
ZiggyredPiracy is the only way to preserve most retro video games.
ziggurismPiracy isn’t about preservation. Piracy doesn’t create the roms. It’s the dudes with rom dump devices who do that. And making archival copies isn’t necessarily piracy.
But yes, piracy is the only practical way for new customers to access older content that is no longer sold.
Pikasadly with the increasing DRM protections, that statement isn’t always true anymore. Breaking a protected standard is still illegal, which in my opinion is really stupid because if it was for archival purposes from something you own, I feel it should be in the same category as self repair/right to repair acts.
Yeah agreed
Legally speaking, you don’t own any copyrighted work; you own a license to consume that work.
Copyright law is kinda stupid in concept.