Nintendo Shuts Down Recreation Of Original Super Mario Bros. For No Reason Other Than It Can
Found on Techdirt on Saturday, 19 October 2013
How far gone are we down the intellectual property rabbit hole when projects like this, which people love, and which don't (in any way) harm the original offering, are shuttered? Because whatever your thoughts about copyright in general, if there is one industry for which the never ending copyright extensions make zero sense, it's for video games.
We're at the 28 year mark for Super Mario Bros. Imagine how stupid this is all going to look in 95 years. As the article notes, even those who think gaming companies need some copyright protection should be able to see how ridiculous current lengths are.
If, protection times should be reduced. The industry keeps telling everybody how fast these times are and technology ages faster than ever before. That's why you're expected to buy the latest greatest as soon as it's released, after throwing out yesterday's latest greatest. So how come that in those times something which is almost three decades old still has enough value to fight against its fans?