PlayStation Preservation Team is What Nintendo Should Be Doing Too

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IcaroRibeiro said:

Chrkeller said:

Under what entitlement would the public have in owning something they did not create? If I build a chair... and I don't want my chair anymore, I have to give it to somebody????

Sometimes I think interest is more important than private interest. Like, should Lord of the Rings copyright belongs to companies and Tolkien descendents forever or should they, eventually, become public property? 

This not a matter of discussion. Laws have long ago settled books like that will become public domain once the license expires 

I have no idea what was settled for games though because I believe the copyright belongs to companies and not creators and a company can survive for centuries. I don't think games should remain private property forever though and must become public eventually 

But alas, this is a pretty big discussion. I have no background in laws to elaborate a solid position here 

In european copyright the rights holder can only be a natural person, not a company. A company can hold exclusive marketing rights, but not the copyright itself. For many creations multiple creators are named, like movies. In american law the copyright term starts to expire with the creation of the work, not the death of the author.