Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022
by d110af5ccf on Friday December 03, 2021 @02:10AM
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Do you mean just a specific version of the binary? Because many games have been re-released and a few MMOs have been going for far longer than 10 years at this point.
> this won't be a technical possibility anymore once streaming exclusives appear
Just don't play them. I'm completely serious, why would I want to pay to support that model?
Copyright should just expire for that at 10 years. Not IP though so they will still own the characters and stories to make remakes and sequels. But the games themselves in the original version should become public domain. All the money that can be made on the sale of the original versions will have been made.
It's especially becoming a problem now that games need online activation or in some cases are online only (eg Google stadia). Right now we can just ignore copyright and pirate the games if we're getting nostalgic but I'm the future this won't be a technical possibility anymore once streaming exclusives appear.