It’s not even a real ad, btw.

Jesus that’s depressing. Thank god for the Internet or wonder how much of that 87% would already be lost forever.

Well, humanity did make a HUGE amount of mistakes worse than current copyright, to be honest. That one’s an abomination, but we’re generally really good at ruining stuff.

If we want our stuff more permanent, this will be a change from the past that we need to specifically enact.

It’s being done for a lot of stuff, just not videogames.

From the linked article:

Libraries and archives can digitally preserve, but not digitally share video games, and can provide on-premises access only

Libraries and archives are allowed to digitally share other media types, such as books, film, and audio, and are not restricted to on-premises access

The Entertainment Software Association, the video game industry’s lobbying group, has consistently fought against expanding video game preservation within libraries and archives