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.

“Most of the world’s video games from close to 50 years of history are effectively, legally dead. A Video Games History Foundation study found you can’t buy nearly 90% of games from before 2010. Preservationists have been looking for ways to allow people to legally access gaming history, but the U.S. Copyright Office dealt them a heavy blow Friday. Feds declared that you or any researcher has no right to access old games under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA.”

    • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      I meant as in country laws instead of local laws from municipalities and regions.

      We have federal laws and local laws where I live, but I don’t live in a federation either.

      • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        4 hours ago

        There are no “local laws” in Sweden that differ between parts of the country, only laws that apply to the entire country.

            • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              45 minutes ago

              So every police officer can go and answer every call?

              Over here we have police zones, and police officers patrol their own zone and handle the issues of their own zone (as long as no outside backup is required). Then we have the federal police that handle national issues and stuff like murders.