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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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[–] Geodad@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm against the concept of intellectual property. Information should belong to the entirety of humanity.

Just don't bother asking someone who obviously doesn't care anymore.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So you post a selfie on Lemmy and the next thing you know, you're the key subject in a new Facebook ad?

I think we need some level of IP laws, but current copyright periods are way too long.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1436186

Rufus Pollock's math agrees. I am so bummed he recently took this down from his personal website where it had been available for 15 years

Now it just resolves as a 404 not found:

https://rufuspollock.com/papers/optimal_copyright_term.pdf

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 week ago