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Re:Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS stores closing means game over f... by cjsawyer on Friday March 24, 2023 @03:25PM (#35294215)
This is something society needs to deal with. If not for groups like them eventually the media will be lost. IMO there should be a rule that if something isn’t for sale by the rights holder for X years it becomes legal to distribute copies freely.
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Re:Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS stores closing means game over f... by coldacid on Friday March 24, 2023 @09:30PM (#35298170)
Agreed, but that still wouldn't help with games that have primarily online experiences, because things like server programs and content management systems also need to be archived for those -- and these (almost) never reach the hands of the people.
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