Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoCan an online library of classic video games ever be legal?arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down12cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkCan an online library of classic video games ever be legal?arstechnica.comXatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.org
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 months agoAbandonware isn’t really legally defined
minus-squaremPony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoonly because doing so would cost money and not immediately benefit capitalists.
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoOh, for sure. Would be pretty good if there was an actual definition of what constitutes abandonware; say, if the game has been out of print for at least 2 years or whatever.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoHas abandonware ever been legal?
Abandonwares anyone ?
Abandonware isn’t really legally defined
only because doing so would cost money and not immediately benefit capitalists.
Oh, for sure. Would be pretty good if there was an actual definition of what constitutes abandonware; say, if the game has been out of print for at least 2 years or whatever.
Has abandonware ever been legal?