EFF wants to change copyright law to preserve older games

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The purpose of this exemption, as explained by the Foundation's Mitch Stoltz, is "to give some legal protection to game enthusiasts, museums, and academics who preserve older video games and keep them playable." This would allow third parties to, for example, create their own servers for online modes in games that have been shut down. The proposed changes would not apply to "video games whose audiovisual content is primarily stored on the developer's server, such as massive multiplayer online roleplaying games." However, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), and has made a submission to the Copyright Office, stating that "video game access controls [such as DRM software] are critical to the intellectual property ecosystem that makes valuable, expressive copyrighted content easily and legally accessible, to the benefit of creators, distributors and, most important, the gaming public." In a joint submission [PDF link], the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said that they fully endorse the ESA's original submission. In a public response to the ESA's submission, Stoltz said that "ESA (along with MPAA and RIAA) seem to be opposing anyone who bypasses game DRM for any reason, no matter how limited or important."

Interesting.

EFF wants to change copyright law to preserve older games