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Fredselfish lemmy.world Fredselfish@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
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No matter what going on with companies taking away our disc, or limiting the amount time you can "stream" your own game we will always have games to play.

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queeradjacent sh.itjust.works queeradjacent@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-08-10
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B/c roms? 🤔😁

Picture is definitely a core memory unlock. Though we had the gray gun.

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Zen_Shinobi lemmy.world Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-08-11
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Discs have DRM copywrite protection and are truely not ours.

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Peffse lemmy.world Peffse@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-28
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Discs have DRM copywrite protection and are truely not ours.

Can I backup my computer software?

Yes, under certain conditions as provided by section 117 of the Copyright Act. Although the precise term used under section 117 is “archival” copy, not “backup” copy, these terms today are used interchangeably. This privilege extends only to computer programs and not to other types of works. Under section 117, you or someone you authorize may make a copy of an original computer program if the new copy is being made for archival (i.e., backup) purposes only; you are the legal owner of the copy; and any copy made for archival purposes is either destroyed, or transferred with the original copy, once the original copy is sold, given away, or otherwise transferred.

Frequently Asked Questions About the Section 1201 Rulemaking

What classes of works did the Acting Register recommend and the Librarian adopt in the 2018 rulemaking? Video games for which outside server support has been discontinued, to allow individual play by gamers and preservation of games by libraries, archives, and museums (as well as necessary jailbreaking of console computer code for preservation uses only), and preservation of discontinued video games that never required server support

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thingsiplay lemmy.ml thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-01-09
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Discs have DRM copywrite protection and are truely not ours.

You actually own a specific copy. DRM or not, does not change it.

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CerebralHawks lemmy.dbzer0.com cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-18
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Zenith, hell yeah. Now owned by LG, IIRC. But not the same.

I don't think I'd seen one before that wasn't in a wooden cabinet though.

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nul9o9 lemmy.dbzer0.com nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-08-21
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I have Lost Odyssey and the xbox version of Ninja Gaiden Black running natively on my linux machine. I am happy.

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Fredselfish lemmy.world Fredselfish@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
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Zenith, hell yeah. Now owned by LG, IIRC. But not the same. I don't think I'd seen one before that wasn't in a wooden cabinet though.

We had one when I was a kid that wasn't, but you're right majority were sold in a cabinet of some kind. I remember my mom's screen going green at end of it life. But it was like from the late 60's or early 70's.

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