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Re:The GTA III port for the Dreamcast has been released by bigstrat2003 on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @12:04AM (#42564086)
None of which makes the game not their property. It's their right to prevent people from doing this if they want. I don't disagree that they shouldn't, but ownership doesn't hinge on the recency of the work nor the profitability of it.
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Re:The GTA III port for the Dreamcast has been released by jonhohle on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @01:16AM (#42564287)
They could defend, but there is significant precedent to allow decompilation and reverse engineering and even Nintendo won’t go after projects that decompile code, but don’t include original artwork or audio (hence the need to supply your own copy of the game for this port).
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Re:The GTA III port for the Dreamcast has been released by Hamuko on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @09:35AM (#42566226)
Legal precedent?
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Re:The GTA III port for the Dreamcast has been released by realusername on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @02:04AM (#42564452)
Yes, that's why the laws need to be changed to get a fairer ownership system on older titles.
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