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Video game libraries lose legal appeal to emulate physical games online
Register of Copyrights sides with industry’s “market harm” argument for rereleased games.
"Further, while the Register appreciates that proponents have suggested broad safeguards that could deter recreational uses of video games in some cases, she believes that such requirements are not specific enough to conclude that they would prevent market harms." Speaking to Ars Technica, VGHF Library Director Phil Salvador said that the group was "disappointed" in the Copyright Office decision but "proud of the work we've done and the impact this process has had. "It is not fair to video game scholars and preservationists to pretend that this is about creating sufficiently stringent exemption rules when the Copyright Office seems to have ignored the evidence that contradicts their prior beliefs," they wrote.
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