GOG Joins European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects (prowly.com) 42
GOG.com, a European digital distribution platform known for offering DRM-free video games, announced they've joined the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP). From the release: "GOG was created with video game preservation in mind," said Maciej Golebiewski, Managing Director at GOG. "Classic games and the mission to safeguard them for future generations have always been at the core of our work. Over the past decade, we've honed our expertise in this area. The GOG Preservation Program, which ensures compatibility for over 100 games and delivers hundreds of enhancements, is just one example of this commitment. We were thrilled to see the Program warmly received not only by our players but also by our partners and the gaming industry as a whole."
Golebiewski further explained that GOG's role in preservation extends beyond its platform. He highlighted, "As a European company, we feel a responsibility to lead in preserving gaming heritage. Joining EFGAMP reinforces this commitment. Our next step is to expand institutional collaboration with museums and governmental and non-governmental organizations worldwide. We hope our experience will contribute meaningfully to their efforts. We are also discussing exciting new game preservation projects, which we look forward to sharing soon."
Golebiewski further explained that GOG's role in preservation extends beyond its platform. He highlighted, "As a European company, we feel a responsibility to lead in preserving gaming heritage. Joining EFGAMP reinforces this commitment. Our next step is to expand institutional collaboration with museums and governmental and non-governmental organizations worldwide. We hope our experience will contribute meaningfully to their efforts. We are also discussing exciting new game preservation projects, which we look forward to sharing soon."
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Europe sounds like a terrible place to try to "preserve" anything.
America sounds like a terrible place to try to preserve anything no longer profitable.
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Ever wonder why archive.org is in the US? Maybe it's because, besides a survivable legal environment, the USA has the money and resources to simply do it. If the EU is such a great place to preserve an archive, why does it have less than half the storage and data center space of the USA and no significant archives to rival the US? My answer? Because nobody is cavalier enough to tempt the authorities there, knowing the kind of people they are and what they are prone to do. Same answer for China or Russia, sadly.
I'm neither American nor European. Archive.org is not exactly in a stable legal environment even before the recent court loss to book publishers. Also pretty clear they are not archiving the games we are discussing here, nor all the other media that disappears forever on a regular basis. It is nice for websites, and so very 1980s. When it comes to copyrights and DRM, which is the crux of the issue at hand, there is really not much to choose between the US and the EU despite whatever Fox news may tell yo
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And Russian (and Chinese) meddling is a legitimate and serious problem throughout the democratic world (they are doing it here in Canada too). Americans may not care if people meddle in their democracy, but many Romanians have still living memories of living under the Soviets so it is hardly surprising they would take the issue far more seriously
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nothing to do with the EU
Nothing except that Romania is in the EU, which was the point. The decision wasn't made in Brussels but certainly could have been. EU leaders like Ursula have praised the move. Of course, even the opposition candidate said it was a "trampling of democracy" and went on to say: “Whether we like it or not, from a legal and legitimate point of view, nine million Romanian citizens, both in the country and in the diaspora, have expressed their preference for a certain candidate. We cannot ignore their will
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Nothing except that Romania is in the EU, which was the point.
So I should consider California or New York to be "the USA" because they are "in it"? It looks like you are grasping here. Other that you seem to hate the EU I'm not seeing the connection.
Typical Eurosnobbery that assumes people are too stupid to make up their own mind and need "daddy" government to protect them from themselves.
Like people seeking abortions or gender affirming care? Americans have no moral high ground to preach about daddy government whatsoever.
It's also ridiculous that the only evidence they have are a few spam accounts on fucking TikTok. Pa-the-tic.
Canada is in the process of a public inquiry into foreign interference in our elections. It is quite widespread and sophisticated. I'm sure Canada is not alone in this. Rest assured
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So I should consider California or New York to be "the USA" because they are "in it"?
I never said Romania "was" the EU. So, you're off in the wilderness just talking shit, here.
It looks like you are grasping here.
Sounds like your own admission rather than a valid accusation. Romania is in the EU and part of the EU and they are not even close to the only place where censorship and authoritarian leftism are rife. Germany is definitely getting the same paint from the same brush.
Other that you seem to hate the EU I'm not seeing the connection
You don't see that Romania is an EU country? That's the "connection" genius.
Like people seeking abortions or gender affirming care?
Abortion is a state by state issue and has nothing to do with free expression
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Do you have an actual reason for believing the EFGAMP is going to "demand some kind of censorship" or are you just thoughtlessly reacting to the word "European"?
If the past few years have proven anything, it's that the right-wing derposphere doesn't understand the first thing about free speech or censorship.
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We really need European and Japanese archives. It's too much of a risk having it all in the US, and there are legal issues. I'm also not that confident in the technical ability of the Internet Archive.
I've started looking at it, but it's complicated. Need to find the right jurisdiction, get legal advice, create a charity etc.
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More is definitely better, in this case. Still, no matter what issues IA might have, without a time machine, any hypothetical future archive will need access to their collection. We're lucky to have them and I'm happy to support them.
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Obviously not. Did you reply to the wrong post?
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Do you have an actual reason for believing the EFGAMP is going to "demand some kind of censorship"
They are in the EU. The EU government loves DRM and loves censorship. The US government also loves DRM but isn't having quite as big a moment with censorship, and right now, the censorship crowd is on their back foot and losing badly. In the EU they are busy openly annulling democratic elections [msn.com] that didn't go for the Left, which will take them a sec, but right after that they'll be right back to their normal, observable, censorship antics they've been turning up to 11 lately. Here's an article [spiked-online.com] that describ
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You either don't know what evidence is, or, as I expected, you're just thoughtlessly reacting to the word "European".
Despite all the wailing and gnashing of teeth, the right-wing derposphere still doesn't understand the first thing about free speech or censorship. How pathetic.
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You either don't know what evidence is, or, as I expected, you're just thoughtlessly reacting to the word "European".
If I didn't know, then how did I just paste in two completely appropriate and fact-filled articles about the subject, demonstrating exactly what I'm referring to when I speak of EU censorship that you somehow didn't see? If I'm mindless reacting to "European" then why is my critique so specific and the censorship so easy to shine a light on?
the right-wing derposphere still doesn't understand the first thing about free speech or censorship.
I see. So, we should then let the Socialists and Communists of the world dictate the truth from the top down, eh? What a gutless pathetic conformist worm you are, but th
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If I didn't know, then how did I just paste in two completely appropriate and fact-filled articles about the subject, demonstrating exactly what I'm referring to when I speak of EU censorship that you somehow didn't see?
Because you're really, really, stupid, you didn't notice that nothing you posted supports your claim that EFGAMP is going to "demand some kind of censorship".
I'm not surprised. You right-wing morons are incapable of reason.
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Because you're really, really, stupid, you think that every company in the EU is identical.
Here's a clue for you: they're not.
Is being as stupid as you painful? It should be.
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> Poland has been a member of the European Union since 1 May 2004 under the Accession Treaty signed in Athens on 16 April 2003. As a member state, Poland has the power to influence EU decisions. The European Union is an economic and political union between 27 EU countries that together cover much of the continent.
Gog is already in Europe...
Remember when archive.com was forced to remove contents, stop linking, stop... archiving? wonder where they are located. One g
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Remember when archive.com was forced to remove contents, stop linking, stop... archiving? wonder where they are located.
Putting it in the USA is risky. Just not as risky as putting it somewhere else. Nobody would have ever even tried it in Europe because it's probably already illegal in 20 different ways and they could have never even got started.
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Just to be clear, I love what the IA is doing, I'm a regular donor, I think they're usually morally in the right and I think current IP legislation is a disgrace. But I wouldn't want to be in any way legally tied to it.
US isn't all risk, but
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"DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play."
This label is on every game they sell. But it's a lie on many games. /quote>
Can you identify specific games?
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Handling licensing of old IP messes is a very different task from configuring DOSBox for running the games, and very important and valuable in itself given the legal environment. I also somehow doubt that GOG is leeching