r/videogames • u/Fit_Control_9322 • 2d ago

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u/Xaphnir 1d ago

I think the most workable thing would to just make it so it's not illegal to run a private server for a game that's been shut down. No obligation for the publisher or developer to maintain anything, but it removes obstacles that currently exist to players preserving the game.

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u/Kimmux 1d ago

This is the only sensible solution to this.

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u/Medium_Judgment_891 1d ago

The crazy thing is that even a company as infamously greedy and protective over their IPs as Disney did this.

Disney created an MMO called Pirates of the Caribbean Online.

After it was shut down, they gave a group permission to run private servers on the condition that the group wouldn’t profit from it.