Earlier this year, we reported on the video game archivists asking for a legal DMCA exemption to share Internet-accessible emulated versions of their physical game collections with researchers. Today, the US Copyright Office announced once again that it was denying that request, forcing researchers to travel to far-flung collections for access to the often-rare physical copies of the games they're seeking. In announcing its decision, the Register of Copyrights for the Library of Congress sided with the Entertainment Software Association and others who argued that the proposed remote access could serve as a legal loophole for a free-to-access "online arcade" that could harm the market for classic gaming re-releases.

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  • Video game preservationists have lost a legal fight to study games remotely
    When video game scholars want to study games that are no longer on sale, they sometimes have to drive many hours to do it legally — and that won’t be changing anytime soon. The US Copyright Office has ...
    10/25/2024 - 9:58 am | View Link
  • Copyright Office: Libraries can’t share remotely emulated versions of physical games
    Register of Copyrights sides with industry's "market harm" argument for rereleased games.
    10/25/2024 - 4:25 am | View Link
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