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On-line community saves iPod click wheel games posterity with DMCA archive rules

Started by ZombiePhysicist, Sep 09, 2025, 10:02 AM

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ZombiePhysicist

Thought this isnrelevant to the NeXT community and preserving and archiving our way older and faster disappearing software history:

https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/09/08/213205/all-54-lost-clickwheel-ipod-games-have-been-preserved-for-posterity

Looks like the updated DCMA rules are helping to preserve software history. DMCA exemption passed for archivists in 2021 allowing circumvention of copyright protection when software is no longer commercially available (PDF) https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1201-Preservationists-Guide-to-DMCA-Exemption_11182022.pdf