Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The video game industry just took a massive L as the US Copyright Office just struck down an effort to make it easier to preserve and play legacy video games. Dark Times indeed! What would we do without emulators?!

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TIME STAMPS
Intro - 0:00
US Copyright Law strikes down Game Preservation - 1:14
Why the copyright law needs to change - 4:58
What can we do to play older games? - 6:32
Why Emulation is important - 8:36
The US Copyright outcome - 9:41
What game companies are doing for or against Game Preservation - 11:43
Why game companies oppose Emulation/Game Preservation - 16:12
In Conclusion - 17:22