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Just in case you thought reviving dead games seemed easy enough, GOG had to hire a private investigator to find an IP holder living off the grid for its preservation program (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [M] to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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[–] 5 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

I'm against the concept of intellectual property. Information should belong to the entirety of humanity.

Just don't bother asking someone who obviously doesn't care anymore.

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    So you post a selfie on Lemmy and the next thing you know, you're the key subject in a new Facebook ad?

    I think we need some level of IP laws, but current copyright periods are way too long.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1436186

    Rufus Pollock's math agrees. I am so bummed he recently took this down from his personal website where it had been available for 15 years

    Now it just resolves as a 404 not found:

    https://rufuspollock.com/papers/optimal_copyright_term.pdf

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