{"id":279116,"date":"2024-04-24T01:48:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T08:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=330862"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:39:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:39:18","slug":"according-to-a-lawyer-specialized-in-intellectual-property-a-large-part-of-the-history-of-video-games-is-on-the-verge-of-disappearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/according-to-a-lawyer-specialized-in-intellectual-property-a-large-part-of-the-history-of-video-games-is-on-the-verge-of-disappearing\/","title":{"rendered":"According to a lawyer specialized in intellectual property, a large part of the history of video games is on the verge of disappearing."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The video game industry generates more revenue than the film and music industries combined. For that reason alone, one would expect the industry to care about its own history. To want to keep its legacy accessible and well-preserved as much as possible. However, the reality is exactly the opposite<\/strong>. This was once again demonstrated in a recent talk about video game preservation.<\/p>\n\n

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Steve Englund, an intellectual property lawyer, was asked if it would be possible for libraries to digitally preserve copies of video games<\/a>. His response was that members of the ESA, the trade association for the video game industry in the United States, would not allow such a thing<\/strong>. And even if they did allow it, that would be insufficient progress. Proper preservation of video game history should include much more than just collecting the video games themselves. Even if it were done physically.<\/p>\n\n\n

The reason for this strong refusal is because, in fact, in the past the ESA has opposed any form of video game preservation. When the Library of Congress of the United States wanted to create a working corpus for the preservation of the medium, the ESA stated that it was an unnecessary effort<\/strong>, since developers were already doing a great job on that front.<\/p>\n\n\n

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