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US copyright law 'forces researchers to explore extra-legal methods' for game preservation, say historians who are 'disappointed' after being denied a DMCA exemption (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

So when Bethesda makes a new Skyrim, Todd Howard should personally own the whole thing?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Yes, or parts of the game owned by different individuals. They can have a contract to use their intellectual property only for Bethesda’s uses.

    Even if it was owned by one person at the company, that’s no different than the company owning it. But since it’s owned by a finite being instead of an eternal entity, so it makes it clearer that copyright should also be finite.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Copyright is already finite.

    Copyright initially held by a company expires 95 years from the year of its first publication or 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever comes first.

    Copyright initially held by an individual expires 70 years after the individual dies. That could easily be a longer period than company-held copyright.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I say, just reducing that time, or make it case dependent would be a great start

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That would certainly benefit companies developing generative AI. The sooner something loses copyright protection, the easier it is to use it as training data.

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