[game_preservation] [Monthly SIG Roundup] December 2008

[Andrew Armstrong]

Okay to keep it short (deleting 4 paragraphs of stuff) I take the stance 
that the IA will at least be able to dark archive any material I upload, 
it's the public facing bit a company might take issue with. If they do, 
despite the fact it's dubious if captured footage could be considered 
any kind of infringement or that it is even damaging (it's not like 
you're able to play the game) it'll be dark archived I guess. Pretty 
simple, lucky we haven't got any Final Fantasy 
<http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Final%20Fantasy%20AND%20collection%3Agamevideos> 
material, eh Squaresoft? (crazy guys I think! I saw Video Games Live, 
and it had fanart for the Final Fantasy sections!)

So, send anything you have in! More the merrier, the very small amount 
of companies who'd take issue with archiving of their game material can 
be dealt with in a case by case basis. This is kinda what the IA does 
already, according to this nice discussion 
<http://www.archive.org/details/metaverse_u_conversation_lowood_kahle> 
where Brewster Khale explains how the IA operates with legality and 
archiving material (with Henry being a slight opponent of this).

Good luck on writing your white paper material, I know I need to crack 
on with mine too.

Andrew

Devin Monnens wrote:

> Cool updates, Andrew! I will have to get my part of the paper done 

> before Christmas as I JUST got my tickets to Japan (Dec 26-Jan 16). If 

> it comes down ot it, I may be able to help edit Section 3 while I'm in 

> Japan, but I expect to get most of it done the next two weeks (I ALSO 

> have to get my paper done for Albuquerque!).

>

> Also, we are allowed to upload videos to Internet Archive of intros 

> and trailers? I thought some companies didn't like uploading footage 

> for legal purposes (Squaresoft, for instance, will sue anyone who 

> tries to distribute FF cutscenes).

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