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Re:Valve's latest Steam Deck trailer briefly plugs a Nintend... by matheusmoreira on Saturday October 08, 2022 @08:58PM (#33137445)
Let's go even further.

Copyright was meant to be "time limited".

Why is it that Nintendo still has the rights to works they released over 20 years ago even though they've already turned a profit several times over? Why do they get to sell them to people over and over again?

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Re:Valve's latest Steam Deck trailer briefly plugs a Nintend... by vikingerik on Saturday October 08, 2022 @09:57PM (#33137687)
Because people choose to keep buying them. The seller doesn't decide how many times it gets purchased, the buyers do.
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Re:Valve's latest Steam Deck trailer briefly plugs a Nintend... by matheusmoreira on Saturday October 08, 2022 @10:35PM (#33137825)
They're supposed to be public domain. Websites hosting copies of these 40 year old games is supposed to be completely legal. Nintendo should not be able to DMCA anything out of existence.
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Re:Valve's latest Steam Deck trailer briefly plugs a Nintend... by ekianjo on Saturday October 08, 2022 @10:26PM (#33137782)
The buyers cant choose to buy them just anywhere.
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