Vanishing act: 87% of classic video games are no longer available commercially | The disappearance of classic video games
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That probably doesn't come as much of a surprise to retro gaming enthusiasts, but those outside the gaming community might not even know there is a problem....
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sadly with the increasing DRM protections, the legality of it isn't as clear 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.
Legally speaking, you don't own any copyrighted work; you own a license to consume that work.
Copyright law is kinda stupid in concept.
Yeah agreed