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Fan Ports PlayStation Classic [WipeOut], Dares Sony To Shut Him Down And Make Its Own (kotaku.com)
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WipeOut was Sony’s initial first-party exclusive for the original PlayStation when it launched back in 1995. The anti-gravity racing game was phenomenal. Now it’s abandoned. So one dedicated programmer took it upon himself to excavate the game’s leaked source code and make it playable for free in any web browser.

“Either let it be, or shut this thing down and get a real remaster going,” he told Sony...

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[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The above was advocating for a 25-year period between publishing and public domain. They'll have to somehow pay that mortgage with a quarter of a century of profit somehow.

New books get new protections anyway, so a 25-year-old series only loses book 1 to public domain. They can also release new editions of book 1 with new (canon) content, and those new things get new protections, too.

[–] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

10, actually, is what he said