87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games | Video Game History Foundation
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New study reveals most classic video games are completely unavailable
  • Hogger85b@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Yep. A lot of streaming services recently have been taking shows and films off the service and burry them as a tax write off. In my world if they write it off they should have to put it in public domain. If they can still sue people who copy it then it obviously has value to the rights owner still.

    • hansl@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      The regulatory and legal system is mostly reactionary. Eventually someone will be sued or sue one of the services about it and it will be settled and become precedent. Which way is hard to say, but I can definitely see your argument being persuasive.

      • pips@lemmy.filmEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        The problem is essentially how do you define ownership? Is there a right to not make something the copyright holder owns publicly available?

        I think in the cases of abandonware or more recently the moves by media companies to delist certain media for tax benefits, there’s a good argument to be made over forfeiting the copyright, so it’s now public domain and fair game. But I also think for something like the Star Wars Holiday Special, where the creator/copyright holder (not sure about that status post-Disney acquisition) genuinely hates it and does not want it available to the public, the owner should be allowed to restrict access to it.

        • Syrc@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          But I also think for something like the Star Wars Holiday Special, where the creator/copyright holder (not sure about that status post-Disney acquisition) genuinely hates it and does not want it available to the public, the owner should be allowed to restrict access to it.

          Personally I disagree on that too. If something has been made public once it should stay public, unless it contains actively harmful information or something.