minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoPublishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservationwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-219 days agoSame for firefighters. “PAY people to sit around in case a fire breaks out?? That almost never happens! Also ignore everything else they do.”
minus-squareStern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoIronically that was the case for a good long while, and has been the case on exceedingly rare occasion in the more modern era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighting_in_ancient_Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_firefighting#United_States https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna39516346
Same for firefighters.
“PAY people to sit around in case a fire breaks out?? That almost never happens! Also ignore everything else they do.”
Ironically that was the case for a good long while, and has been the case on exceedingly rare occasion in the more modern era.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighting_in_ancient_Rome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_firefighting#United_States
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna39516346