• US Congress Says it's legal to circumvent DRM to fix electronic devices
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https://www.pcgamer.com/us-congress-deems-it-legal-to-circumvent-drm-to-repair-electronic-devices/ The Library of Congress and US Copyright Office outlined the new set of exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in a "final rule" document (PDF) spanning 85 pages. In it are several new protections that legally allow consumers and repair shops to hack the firmware on devices like smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, mobile computing devices, and several other gadgets where technological protection measures (TPMs, but not the same as a Trusted Platform Module) stand between the consumer and a functioning product.
Holy shit.
Get fucked Apple
This also opens the door for all your favorite dead MMOs to continue living and breathing
Apple are scumfucks, they deserve this
fuck you apple. and fuck bananas too why do i have to PEEL it
Did not expect this at all, pleasantly surprised
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Alright, here comes the resurgance of dead games, devices, and most importantly shoving a fat, greasy, throbbing, veiny cock in apples dickholster.
Suck my dick DRM, choke on it.
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City of Heroes when?
BTFO John Deere!
There's also a section on videogames that covers instances "when the copyright owner or its authorized representative has ceased to provide access to an external computer server necessary to facilitate an authentication process to enable gameplay." In such instances, a new exemption allows for "copying and modification of the computer program to restore access to the game for personal, local gameplay on a personal computer or video game console." Woah
Somewhere, right now, Ross Scott is having a goddamn party.
Maybe I can finally get past half of max level in Tabula Rasa and explore the more interesting zones. or maybe the I quit the game and it died for a reason, idk But the possibility of finding out whether or not it's shit is nice. also some of it soundtrack was pretty neat, even if they put the best tracks in completely random areas oh and maybe this means someone can save wildstar which is probably a way better idea than the one I was just having
So does this mean Battlefield Revive might come back?
Quick call the fire dpt, rossman is gonna dance on top of the Apple building like a madman
Revive Revive 2142
Not quite enough to revive anything multiplayer, but at least it's something.
Certainly enough for a few private server ops can crack the game server code in order to run private servers and have a legal leg to stand on if a C&D comes their way. In the example of City Of Heroes, I reckon a legal case could be made that since the rights owners discontinued multiplayer and overall support for that game years ago, then they cannot shit on people who just want to revive it for limited private multiplayer use.
maybe one day this will extend to nosgoth... but probably not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjfwlVQzMmI
In what way does it, though? It mentions being allowed to modify games to allow them to work again if they're no longer accessible, but it also says that you can do that "for personal, local gameplay" - going beyond something just for yourself to host multiplayer servers and such for others player doesn't sound like that's covered and you'd have to fix the games yourself. The part about preservation also mentions not being able to distribute these games and it's only allowed to be a local thing that you don't make available to anyone else. The situation for multiplayer games/MMOs isn't really any different, although it helps with singleplayer games. Still, it's a step in the right direction and it's a good thing regardless, i wouldn't have thought these things would even have been considered.
I'd imagine that if the game in question is being used for free with no profit from anyone and instead hosted by someone at a loss that then is fine. So long as not profit is made.
Wait, does this apply to multiplayer components of other video games as well? Because that means companies like EA are legally barred from shutting down projects like Battlefield Revival. (Yes, I know that worked out well in the end, but there are other big companies that are far less lenient regarding fan-made revivals, so this bodes super well for future projects).
That's not how it works, though. That isn't what's covered by this, that situation doesn't fall under the exceptions allowed and so would still not be legal. They could still decide to C&D/get it shut down as there's no legal basis for that situation - it's still copyright infringement and even if it's not done for profit, that doesn't change that. It specifically says the exception is for personal use/for archivists for local use and that it's not to be distributed or used online. This ultimately makes no difference as you can't use this to defend something that specifically goes against it.
Well, if you used something similar to Hamachi you could in theory loophole it. It's been modified for local play only, while a third party system is being used to provide multiplayer functionality.
that'd still be online in the eyes of the law you're not going to really be able to get around it with any technological manners as anything online would be a larger interconnection of computers its still a major stepping stone however
Revive Halo Online
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