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@dvdnet62@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

Why Piracy Fears are Keeping Some Researchers from Accessing the Games They Need

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Why Piracy Fears are Keeping Some Researchers from Accessing the Games They Need

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Why Piracy Fears are Keeping Some Researchers from Accessing the Games They Need - IGN
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Last month, the Software Preservation Network (SPN) made arguments in support of a Digital Millennium Copyright Act amendment that would allow libraries to bypass digital locks on video games so that academics and credentialed researchers could study them. But the games industry is fighting back.
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    They are doing a very important study.

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      It’s for science you see.

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