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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 (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] miguel@fedia.io 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

After a set period of time, they expire. Life +50 to Life +90 or so, depending on country.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

unless you own mickey mouse, of course

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

In particular including the mouse. The reason why the age is so long is because Disney keeps lobbying to get it extended. It used to be a much shorter period of time.