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To preserve games for future generations, the Copyright Office included exemptions that allowed libraries, archives, and museums to use emulators and other circumvention tools to make old classics playable. Unfortunately, these do not apply to games that require a connection to an online server, so several organizations and gaming fans are trying to change that.
When the online servers are taken down, the game simply disappears forever. This should be prevented, according to The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (MADE), a nonprofit organization operating in California. “More troubling still to archivists, many video games rely on server connectivity to function in single-player mode and become unplayable when servers shut down.”
When the online servers are taken down, the game simply disappears forever. This should be prevented, according to The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (MADE), a nonprofit organization operating in California. “More troubling still to archivists, many video games rely on server connectivity to function in single-player mode and become unplayable when servers shut down.”