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With the Entertainment Software Association opposing reforms, preservationists are left with few choices. This video explores the controversial argument that piracy is necessary to save video games from being lost forever.
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00:00With Sony driving a stake through the heart of physical games on console,
00:04a lot of people are wondering, how are we meant to preserve the classics now?
00:08Well, Frank Cifaldi, Video Game History Foundation founder, has an answer.
00:12It's pretty much just all down to piracy right now.
00:15Cifaldi responded to a Blue Sky poster who wrote that piracy is the only real form of game preservation right
00:22now,
00:22declaring this is accurate.
00:24We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward,
00:29but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.
00:32The Entertainment Software Association has repeatedly opposed the efforts of cultural heritage institutions
00:39to reform digital copy protection laws to make it easier to do this work.
00:44So, I guess until rights holders start giving a damn about their history,
00:47we all have to keep a torrent client installed.
00:49Check out the full story on pcgamer.com and be sure to follow us here for more gaming news.
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