[game_preservation] EFF and game servers

[Henry Lowood]

Alex,
did that some weeks ago. I sent them the name of a contact in Poland.
Henry

On 11/4/2014 4:59 PM, Alex Handy wrote:
> They have asked for the Good Old Games guys. Can anyone here put them 
> in touch with each other: EFF and GoG?
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Martin Goldberg <wgungfu at gmail.com 
> <mailto:wgungfu at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Though this would interest some people here as well:
>
>     "The EFF's requested exemption would also apply to single-player
>     games that have to "phone home" to since-dead authentication
>     servers to confirm an activation key, making them unplayable
>     without modification. "
>
>     http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/11/eff-asks-for-the-right-to-revive-abandoned-online-games/
>
>
>
>     -- 
>     Marty
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