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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to GamingEnglish · 1 year ago

Just in case you thought reviving dead games seemed easy enough, GOG had to hire a private investigator to find an IP holder living off the grid for its preservation program

www.pcgamer.com

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Just in case you thought reviving dead games seemed easy enough, GOG had to hire a private investigator to find an IP holder living off the grid for its preservation program

www.pcgamer.com

alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to GamingEnglish · 1 year ago
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Marcin Paczynski told The Game Business he could "write a book" on the strange routes GOG has taken to keep games available to buy.
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      So you post a selfie on Lemmy and the next thing you know, you’re the key subject in a new Facebook ad?

      I think we need some level of IP laws, but current copyright periods are way too long.

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        https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1436186

        Rufus Pollock’s math agrees. I am so bummed he recently took this down from his personal website where it had been available for 15 years

        Now it just resolves as a 404 not found:

        https://rufuspollock.com/papers/optimal_copyright_term.pdf

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          Ah that’s cool, 15 year copyright sounds good to me.

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