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Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by haberman on Friday February 26, 2016 @03:38PM (#11184044)
I don't get how ROMs for the old systems continue to be so easily available. I'm really glad they are, but how have all of the ROM hosting sites note been DMCA takedown'd into oblivion?
Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by IMTDb on Friday February 26, 2016 @09:19PM (#11185746)
Some game have "lost" ownership. Say that old game studio that developed GameBoy game has gone bankrupt, no one is going to enforce the copyright

Most game or not reedited so there is no money to gain fom preventing them from being online. It may even help to keep the brand alive in case a reboot in programmed (Eg: tomb raider)

Often it's a simple calculation of how much revenue could be won if you factor in the fact that you need to pay the team to find the ROM's, send the letters and enforce them once in a while. Basically it's nearly never worth it.

Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by umanwizard on Saturday February 27, 2016 @04:07AM (#11186596)
Are you French?

"reedited" should be "republished", I think :)

Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by davorb on Friday February 26, 2016 @03:40PM (#11184056)
There's no money in it.
Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by haberman on Friday February 26, 2016 @04:17PM (#11184312)
Virtual Console? Also wouldn't publishers be worried about retro classics competing with their new AAA offerings?
Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by 5ilv3r on Friday February 26, 2016 @04:47PM (#11184537)
If they are worried about that, they have bigger problems.
Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by jMyles on Friday February 26, 2016 @08:13PM (#11185555)
Some of them have (although I'm not aware of any that only host older games that have).

In any case: this is the internet. You get whatever you want, and the effect of DMCA on that is indistinguishable from zero.

Re:Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and ... by ryanlol on Friday February 26, 2016 @07:58PM (#11185506)
Because not everyone is in the US.