New politician Ken Akamatsu creates task force to preserve classic games in a playable state

[Zabeus]

Hey @Ross Scott did you see this yet? I wouldn't normally ping you but this is probably of importance to you, and I don't use twitter.

https://nichegamer.com/ken-akamatsu-task-force-classic-games/

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“Yesterday at 8:00 p.m., the Digital Archives Society’s Legal System Subcommittee’s Digital Rights PT,” Akamatsu said. “A select team of experts has been formed to start working on “legal preservation of past games in a playable state.”

He added, “The archiving and utilization of old content that is being lost is an area in which I have a strong passion. I want to make this a success.”

 

He's got my vote.

 

Apologies to the mods if this should have gone in the Video Game Preservation thread.

Edited July 13, 2022 by Zabeus (see edit history)

[rampantjesus]

That's pretty cool, I'm interested to see how they would actually go about achieving this.