Comment on 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

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• Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=14361…

    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

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    • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ah that’s cool, 15 year copyright sounds good to me.

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