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U.S. Copyright Office rejects DMCA exemption to support game preservation
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this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2024
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A lot of those games are still around, just not in legal distribution channels.
The more at-risk stuff is newer games going forward, such as live-service games or games locked down with DRM that requires authentication to play.