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US Copyright Office rejects video game preservationists' request for DMCA exceptions
The US Copyright Office has confirmed it will not grant video game preservationists exceptions under the Digital Millen…
However, despite the Copyright Office’s decision to prevent licensed game archivists, the VGHF said it had "no regrets about going through this process". Watch on YouTube"Over the last three years, working on the petition has helped us generate important research, notably our Survey of the Video Game Reissue Market in the United States report, which proved that around 87 percent of video games released in the United States before 2010 remain out of print," the organisation said. "Our combined efforts with SPN have raised significant public awareness of these issues and have already made an impact throughout the game industry and preservation communities."
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