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Hello there!
The so-called Woke folks are keen on banning
music and movies that we like. I'm now wondering
when will the ROR movement happen?
"ROR" stands for "Restore Our Rights" and could
be the battle cry of the Copyright Mafia. The
ROR folks might join forces with The Woke
movement and start persecuting retrogaming fans.
Did you know that Copyright for Mickey Mouse
has now expired and companies like Disney do not
like that at all?
ROR could demand that Copyrights should be made
to last forever. This means that all those 1980s
retrogames would also be copyrighted infinitely.
For the past 24 years, I have put considerable
effort to acquiring original retrogames. I started
with just Commodore 64 games, but have since expanded
a little bit to other 8-bit platforms too.
If ROR will indeed happen in the future, I am well
prepared. I can claim ownership to my games since
I have the original media stored in my closet.
But many retrogamers have just leeched copies from the
Internet and they do not have the originals. ROR folks
would target precisely those retrogamers, effectively
making them criminals for playing 8-bit games from the
1980s.
I am not saying that ROR is likely to happen, but
seeing that Woke has gone completely crazy, it is
possible.
br,
KK
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