The recent patch for Resident Evil Revelations highlights Capcom's practice of incorporating new DRM into some of its games. This software seems to disrupt modding and could...
Copyright in the US started as 14-year duration with an optional extension of more 14 years. Considering how fleeting digital media is, this seems far more reasonable than 120 years as works for hire.
People may advocate for physical media however much they want, in 120 years most likely it will all have become trash. It’s not a reasonable duration for cultural preservation.
I mean a lot can happen in 120 years, like that’s an insane amount of time to reason against something for the good of consumers.
Nintendo published a Mario collection last year and then stopped it’s sale. They failed to provide a medium for those games for a very long time and I think they should not have grounds to argue against people pirating their content given they didn’t make it readily available.
I don’t even think they should be allowed lock it behind a new console like saying they offer the title on the switch Nintendo online service, it’s not good enough.
I guess it’s easier to sit on properties and try to keep profiting off those than it is to make up something new that the kids will like.
Still a dick move though. Gotta keep making new things.
Copyright should have a 15 year limit.
Publishing rights must be used or piracy is legitimate.
Copyright in the US started as 14-year duration with an optional extension of more 14 years. Considering how fleeting digital media is, this seems far more reasonable than 120 years as works for hire.
People may advocate for physical media however much they want, in 120 years most likely it will all have become trash. It’s not a reasonable duration for cultural preservation.
I mean a lot can happen in 120 years, like that’s an insane amount of time to reason against something for the good of consumers.
Nintendo published a Mario collection last year and then stopped it’s sale. They failed to provide a medium for those games for a very long time and I think they should not have grounds to argue against people pirating their content given they didn’t make it readily available.
I don’t even think they should be allowed lock it behind a new console like saying they offer the title on the switch Nintendo online service, it’s not good enough.