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It's A Bad Day For Video Games...

It's A Bad Day For Video Games...

Source: YouTube · SomeOrdinaryGamers · published Oct 28, 2024 · 21:37

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The US Copyright Office has denied new exemptions for video game preservation, threatening access to gaming history 0:13.

Key Takeaways:
• Many classic games like Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow are completely unavailable through legal channels 0:31
• The "Stop Killing Games" project advocates against online-only DRM that makes single-player games unplayable when servers shut down 2:05
• 87% of video games released before 2010 remain out of print and critically endangered 15:27
• Licensing agreements prevent many games from being reissued, like X-Men arcade game which took 18 years to become available again 16:02

Game preservation through emulation remains essential when publishers abandon their own history 20:01.

Sources:

  • 0:13 US Copyright Office denies preservation exemptions
  • 0:31 Example of commercially unavailable game
  • 2:05 Stop Killing Games project explanation
  • 15:27 Statistics on out-of-print games
  • 16:02 Licensing issues preventing reissues
  • 20:01 Final statement on preservation importance

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hello guys and gals me mudahar and uh it's a pretty bad day for gaming uh ladies and gentlemen for anybody that hasn't been following you might have uh come across this one crazy mention where basically the US copyright office literally said that they would not Grant new exemptions for video game preservation now I made plenty of video videos talking about emulation and video game preservation because I'm somebody that enjoys playing video games right I play a lot of video games and I play a lot of older video games these days recently I've been playing through something known as Splinter Cell Pandora tomorrow okay now here's the fun fact about Splinter Cell Pandora tomorrow if you decide to go to Ubisoft store right now okay right now you wanted to go get it that means if you search up sp…