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 - eviltoast
Marcin Paczynski told The Game Business he could "write a book" on the strange routes GOG has taken to keep games available to buy.
  • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
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    22 days ago

    No. You don’t get to just decide you have the right to use someone else’s work just because you coudn’t find them to ask, any more than you get to decide that you can use their car. Them not actively selling their works isn’t the equivalent of leaving the car derilict on public property.

    • 4am@lemmy.zip
      101·
      22 days ago

      It should be, and they should only get 14 years before it expires.