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ESA opposes proposal for DMCA exemptions for online only games that have been sunset

By Murasama March 1, 2018

Unsurprisingly, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) filed a comment to the U.S. Copyright's reopening of the argument of extending the DMCA exemption for abandoned games, to ones that are online…

IndieGoGo campaign to fund Marvel’s Heroes Rebirth

By Murasama February 6, 2018

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/marvel-heroes-rebirth-action-rpg#/ I wasn't sure if this was serious or trolling (to revive the Marvel Heroes Online MMO-ARPG which was suddenly shuttered in November 2017) because the first thing I looked…

TERA Rising Private Server – Original Island of Dawn Intro

By Murasama December 26, 2017

Finally found the time to get this pre-Fate of Arun private server setup and running. I wanted to experience the original opening and starter zone of TERA (since I played…

My Thoughts on Private Servers

By Murasama December 24, 2017

With the prior post regarding the preservation of online only games (that had to stop being published), I felt that I needed to touch on the subject of private servers.…

Preserving online only games

By Murasama December 24, 2017

https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/23/16814482/dmca-mmo-exemption-made Game preservations/archivists have been petitioning the U.S. Copyright Office to grant a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) exemption for online video games (specifically MMO's which require an online server)…