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These are digital assets though. Him "squirreling" them away doesn't deprive anyone else from having their own copy to play. Maybe you're complaining that he

These are digital assets though. Him "squirreling" them away doesn't deprive anyone else from having their own copy to play. Maybe you're complaining that he didn't distribute copies for others to enjoy, but copyright law would make him a criminal for doing that, why should he take that risk? It's funny that this guy would is considered a criminal for making copies of these games, but once they are old enough and lost forever by the original copyright holders he's suddenly a hero for having these old copies. Copyright law is fucked.

eropple 8y ago
Copyright law is a mess, but there are archival services, like the Internet Archive, that can effectively advise someone on how they can, in a way that does not cause one to risk legal liability (a problem much more real to the average person than generally-theoretical and mostly-breathless chances of criminal charges) to them, preserve those artifacts for the future.
matheusmoreira 8y ago
Collectors prevent prototype hardware emulators from being created too, and those are legal.
pavel_lishin 8y ago
> These are digital assets though. Him "squirreling" them away doesn't deprive anyone else from having their own copy to play. But the collector in question very specifically didn't want other copies to exist, and threatened to never upload rare games again if it were shared outside the small, private community: > According to a screenshot uploaded by Saint, the private collector threatened to pull the entire folder of content from the directory and stop uploading games altogether if anyone leaked Labyrinthe He very, very specifically wanted to deprive others.
- segmondy 8y ago
  So? What if it was a short story or a poem? Do we have the right to read it? If someone doesn't wish to share their work, that's their own prerogative.
  - 3131s 8y ago
    It's not his work, at least not in the sense of him creating it.

eropple 8y ago

Copyright law is a mess, but there are archival services, like the Internet Archive, that can effectively advise someone on how they can, in a way that does not cause one to risk legal liability (a problem much more real to the average person than generally-theoretical and mostly-breathless chances of criminal charges) to them, preserve those artifacts for the future.

matheusmoreira 8y ago

Collectors prevent prototype hardware emulators from being created too, and those are legal.

pavel_lishin 8y ago

> These are digital assets though. Him "squirreling" them away doesn't deprive anyone else from having their own copy to play. But the collector in question very specifically didn't want other copies to exist, and threatened to never upload rare games again if it were shared outside the small, private community: > According to a screenshot uploaded by Saint, the private collector threatened to pull the entire folder of content from the directory and stop uploading games altogether if anyone leaked Labyrinthe He very, very specifically wanted to deprive others.

segmondy 8y ago
So? What if it was a short story or a poem? Do we have the right to read it? If someone doesn't wish to share their work, that's their own prerogative.
- 3131s 8y ago
  It's not his work, at least not in the sense of him creating it.