If a company is going to argue that this would harm potential future re-releases of their games, they should be forced to rerelease those games in less than a years time. Otherwise it can be understood they have no interest in bringing those games back to market.

Allow libraries to do this for games that have no re-release, and have them remove the game from emulation options if it does get a re-release. Simple solution.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The human world works in order that companies make money, not for you to have fun.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

It doesn't have to work that way. It works that way because they have more money, not because it is good for humanity.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

The human world should work in order for us to have fun, not for companies to make money.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's what I've been saying for awhile. If it's not readily available after a certain amount of time, for a certain amount of time, emulation should be 100% legal. Sell it to me or fuck off.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Emulation is 100% legal, at least in the USA. Do you mean downloading a copy of such a game from the internet? Because I would agree.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, I meant obtaining a copy and emulating it. If you can't show damages (it's not costing them sales) then it shouldn't be punishable.