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Re:Lost Japanese Video Games Discovered in a Folder on a Pri... by pavel_lishin on Sunday June 10, 2018 @06:25PM (#17280509)
> These are digital assets though. Him "squirreling" them away doesn't deprive anyone else from having their own copy to play.

But the collector in question very specifically didn't want other copies to exist, and threatened to never upload rare games again if it were shared outside the small, private community:

> According to a screenshot uploaded by Saint, the private collector threatened to pull the entire folder of content from the directory and stop uploading games altogether if anyone leaked Labyrinthe

He very, very specifically wanted to deprive others.

Re:Lost Japanese Video Games Discovered in a Folder on a Pri... by segmondy on Sunday June 10, 2018 @08:56PM (#17281009)
So? What if it was a short story or a poem? Do we have the right to read it? If someone doesn't wish to share their work, that's their own prerogative.
Re:Lost Japanese Video Games Discovered in a Folder on a Pri... by 3131s on Sunday June 10, 2018 @09:15PM (#17281074)
It's not his work, at least not in the sense of him creating it.