Brandon Butler, Director of Information Policy at the University of Virginia Library and Law and Policy Advisor at the Software Preservation Network, joins us to talk about a major new study published jointly by the Video Game History Foundation and the SPN which shows 87% of classic games released in the United States are now out of print. In this episode we find out how these games have become critically endangered and why it matters.
Blog post: https://gamehistory.org/87percent/
The Study: https://zenodo.org/record/8161056
The Study explained: https://gamehistory.org/study-explainer/
See more from Brandon Butler:
Website: softwarepreservationnetwork.org
Law Firm: usefairuse.com
Twitter: @bc_butler
Video Game History Foundation:
Podcast Twitter: @gamehistoryhour
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @GameHistoryOrg
Website: gamehistory.org
Support us on Patreon: /gamehistoryorg
07/10/23 • 71 min
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