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by jerry80 2058 days ago
>Or if they'll be long unplayable either technically or legally.

Technical isn't usually a problem, as cracks and emulators already exist.

Legality is a problem in theory, but in practice it seems it is just ignored? Actually, what explanation does the Internet Archive have for any of this being legal?
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MegaDeKay 2058 days ago
Their DMCA exemption granted by the Copyright Office.

https://archive.org/about/dmca.php

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jerry80 2058 days ago
That gets them around the "prohibition on circumvention of access controls". I still don't understand how they can then go and distribute the programs without violating copyright. In fact, I'm still pretty certain they are violating copyright.

Copyright sucks, and I applaud them for what they are doing, but I don't see how any of this is legal.

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userbinator 2057 days ago
They will take down content (and keep it archived meanwhile) if the original rightsholders complain.
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