Re:Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser
by dannyw on Sunday November 08, 2026 @09:43AM
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It's not that hard to get crypto, pay for a VPS while using a decent VPN (the VPS itself probably dodgy and bugged by the operators; but oh well), buy a non-Verisign/etc domain, and have it up on the internet.
Especially with the rise of AI/LLM spam, you might get a DMCA or cease and desist, but the third party contracted by $RIGHTSHOLDER isn't going to go NSA-level de-anonymisation as long as you stay small scale.
After all, it is still relatively trivial to find whatever movies, TV shows, etc online from a web browser. Yandex is convenient, but DeepSeek Search API is also decent (and very cheap) too.
I've thought about this so much as I'm building my own game. I see all these amazing assets in older works like music, 3d models, textures, and so on, yet if you use any of it you're just going to get sued. I feel like there could be a good middle ground that might work for the publisher better than just keeping everything in a warehouse...
This website here is likely to be sent some not-so-polite emails soon telling them to take it down as they don't own the assets...