mycodesucks @ mycodesucks @lemmy.world

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I think we already have a term for leasing a girlfriend...

We've got a term for the middle-man gatekeepers who collect the money too.

I also don't like how things are legally speaking with DMCA, but the main takeaway is - the creation and distribution of an emulator, without DRM protections, is unequivocally protected and legal. ROM backup is certainly in most cases not, but if you are making your own copies for your own use, even while illegally breaking encryption, it would be difficult to prove and prosecute on an individual basis.

The right we must continually remind people is NOT even REMOTELY in question is the right to create and distribute emulators. This is by far the more important one, because people cannot reasonably develop their own emulators - it requires an open, collaborative community to ensure future preservation, and it's a constant battle to keep people from actively trying to cede this right because they have nebulous loyalties to soulless companies that return no such feelings.

Not to be a stickler, but this does not say making copies is illegal - it makes circumvention of drm methods illegal. You can make drm'd copies as you like as long as you don't circumvent the drm method. If your game isn't encrypted, and the emulator doesn't implement the drm, you haven't circumvented drm - you are playing your legal copy on a device that does not implement the drm. It's distinct from removing the drm from a device that implements it.

I do get that most consoles encrypt their software these days, but let's be clear - it's not as simple as "DRM means you have no rights."

I hope everyone learns the lesson from the Japanese dude who married his hologram just to watch her die when the service was shut down...

If your girlfriend isn't running on your air-gapped hardware offline, she's not your girlfriend.

Copying your own game and materials for backup purposes is no grey area, and neither is development or use of emulators, and panicky, uninformed spewing of gut feelings are how public knowledge of your actual rights gets muddled into people with zero knowledge waxing poetic about how they THINK it works because they like games and think that makes their ramblings valuable.

Absolutely. I want to skim the important parts at my own pace. Not dedicate multiple minutes of attention to a video.

Now do Half-life 3.

In this case you happen to be right on both counts.

Not wordy enough

Separating the message from the messenger is a key skill. A right answer doesn't become wrong because it comes from a jerk.

I've learned no lesson. I secured a permanent residency abroad the first time this chucklefuck was in office, and I've already bought my plane ticket out. I feel so, so awful for people who voted reasonably and are stuck there, and I encourage everyone who can to get out now, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let the self-righteous attitudes of people with no sense try to punish me for exercising logic.

Nobody's "souls" matter anymore. The world is completely fucked and our physical bodies are going to be going through the ringer very soon. I hope you're on the right side of the people who can now do whatever they want with absolutely no guardrails. Otherwise you're about to REALLY experience solidarity.

If it's any consolation you and everyone else are likely to get a firsthand lesson in it in the near future.

Now EVERYONE is fucked. Congrats!

"I will never, ever, EVER explicitly make a claim for a course of action, because then you'll be able to refute my decision as stupid.

Instead I just want to hold my nose in the air over all of you sheeple and criticize and shame you for EVERY action, shaking my head and smirking like some kind of disingenous gaslighting machine. Happy Election Day!"

Biological generative intelligence

But first he will accidentally the whole thing.

Actually, in his case, I'd wager they range from NOTHING to jail time.

Accidentally said the true part out loud.

Exactly. We certainly didn't after the LAST one.