The same US Copyright Office decision that struck down a major game preservation effort also quietly reversed a historic DMCA win for accessibility advocates
A DMCA exemption letting people hack games for accessibility was quietly killed because nobody came forward to support it
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GamesThe same US Copyright Office decision that struck down a major game preservation effort also quietly reversed a historic DMCA win for accessibility advocatesWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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In 2021, accessibility advocates got the US Copyright Office to agree to a DMCA exemption that would make it legal for players to break a PC game’s copy protection in order to make it playable for people with disabilities. That decision was quietly reversed this year, all because nobody stepped forward to defend the exemption.
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