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by colechristensen 336 days ago
The copyright on games and software should really expire after maybe 20 years.

Sure, everyone should know that this is technically illegal, but not following these laws isn't "incomprehensible".

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Need to do this to music too. Otherwise you'll end up in a situation where the game still can't be distributed in its original state because the music that's used is still under copyright. Even when the original developers of a game re-release it, sometimes they have to change the soundtrack if they used licensed music because acquiring a new license may be too expensive or just entirely disallowed.
They should be freed as soon as they aren't being sold by the creator.