Library of Congress deems video game preservation legal — to a point

A decision from the Librarian of Congress and the US Copyright Office, handed down earlier this week, could mean older games can now legally be saved by video game historians and archivists — with some stipulations, of course. The decision is the result of multiple petitions — and counter-petitions — from proponents and opponents of video game preservation. This final rule includes several exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a law which criminalizes any use of software or tech to get around copyright protections. The exemptions for older video games, which have heretofore been rather narrow, have been…

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