Rights holders should be forced to license the content to anyone that wishes to distribute it. As it stands now, they can lock it in a vault for generations if they wanted.

[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As it stands now, they can lock it in a vault for generations if they wanted.

Like Disney used to?

[–] TrustedChimp@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You mean like Disney still does... they just purged 500 million dollars worth of content from Disney plus and there is no other legel way to view most of that content now untill Disney decides to wheel it back out again (content that got a physical release is obviously still available)

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

no other legel way to view

Case law states that if media is no longer available, it's consumption is considered preservation and is thus completely legal. Nobody can argue lost profits for something that literally isn't even on the market. Fun fact: this is the reason why Nintendo releases their old games on the E shop for way more than what they're worth. Once it's up there they get to do takedown requests of every ROM on the internet.

[–] Crotaro@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

this is the reason why Nintendo releases their old games on the E shop for way more than what they’re worth. Once it’s up there they get to do takedown requests of every ROM on the internet.

I want to be astonished and ask in disbelief if that's really the case. But with how Nintendo treats not only piracy but content derived from their games in general (mods, tournaments and stuff), I can't be surprised.

Do you mayhaps know why Nintendo is so hard on that front? I've heard that it's "just the mentality in Japan", but I can't remember Sony cracking down on people like that.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Nintendo is just a shit company when it comes to their business end. They act way more aggressive than they have to, for no real good reason.

[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was not aware they're back to vaulting things

[–] TrustedChimp@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

They didn't explicitly say they are back vaulting things again but I wouldn't be surprised if they put out some of the content they took down back on disney plus or home releases at some point