• FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    Mandatory deposit is already required for copyright registration, and this includes video games.

    1. Deposit of copies or phonorecords for Library of Congress8 (a) Except as provided by subsection ©, and subject to the provisions of subsection (e), the owner of copyright or of the exclusive right of publication in a work published in the United States shall deposit, within three months after the date of such publication—

    (1) two complete copies of the best edition; or

    (2) if the work is a sound recording, two complete phonorecords of the best edition, together with any printed or other visually perceptible material published with such phonorecords.

    Neither the deposit requirements of this subsection nor the acquisition provisions of subsection (e) are conditions of copyright protection.

    (b) The required copies or phonorecords shall be deposited in the Copyright Office for the use or disposition of the Library of Congress.

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      Wtf??? Then they have nothing to fucking say about the copyright of games, if they don’t have them preserved at the copyright office

      Do we know if they send copies over there, or otherwise archive them there? If not, then fucking hell