In the US, gamers, museums, libraries and archives can now legally circumvent DRM on titles, as long as the original server for the title has been shut down.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has been campaigning the Library of Congress to change DRM laws announced the changes. The exemption has been granted to titles that are unable to be played at all following a server shutdown, but does not include multiplayer titles.
The EFF wrote, “The new exemption allows players to modify their copy of a game to eliminate the need for an authentication server after the original server is shut down. Museums, libraries, and archives can go a step further and jailbreak game consoles as needed to get the games working again.”
This is good news for gamers in the US and for those hoping to preserve the history of video games.
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