[game_preservation] Online DRM

[Andreas Lange]

The KEEP project will be a first step into the systematic research on 
that topic. We just published a call for a legal study on the whole 
emulation complex including the DRM issue. The study will cover at least 
the legal territories of France, Germany and Netherlands. Without 
wanting to anticipate the outcome of the study I expect that further 
legal actions must be undertaken, like the exeption on the DMCA, which 
was granted in 2003 (http://www.copyright.gov/1201/). In spite this was 
an important step to enable archives to preserve games legally (at least 
in the US), online DRM systems seem to be a new challenge to me, where 
the archivists depends on the volontary cooperation of the industry. 
Therefore I was interested to hear, if that was a topic at the GDC.
Andreas


Devin Monnens schrieb:

> Agreed on all points, Andrew. There needs to be something systematic on this

> in terms of lawsuits that have been filed, etc. It's a gray area because

> nobody knows anything. And that means nobody is doing anything in that area

> because they fear a suit, but who knows - maybe the publishers want it that

> way.

> 

> 

>> The pay-to-play service model is worrying for me, I prefer ownership, so we

>> will have to get someone then just me to look at it since I'm a little

>> biased into the "I can play it without an internet connection thank you"

>> realm.

>>

> 

> Especially agreed here, though I think a library or archive could make do

> with a connection service like this. Cloud computing has some excellent

> promises, but unfortunately, we can't rely on it. Take the GDC as an

> example: if I was word processing through cloud computing, I'd have a few

> problems. First, we don't have internet access inside the conference rooms,

> so you can't type. Second, if you DID have access, they don't have power

> sockets sitting around that are easy to reach.

> 

> Cloud computing for games is a neat idea, but for the games that really

> matter, you need to ahve a GOOD internet connection, and connection speeds

> aren't currently fast enough to say stream gameplay from FarCry 2. The

> advantage would be if it ever reached that level you could play how it was

> intended without needing a smoking PC.

> 

> -Devin

> 

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