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So I was mistakenly suspended yesterday, for about 14 hours. (You suck, EA) It took awhile to correct this and now that I'm back I'd like to take the opportunity to spread some helpful information on game preservation, why this is legal and why its protected: Please Share this, spread the knowledge and most importantly KEEP FIGHTING. The Library of Congress grants preservation exemptions every 3 years. The exemptions allow: >>>> Libraries, museums, and archives to >circumvent DRM for non-commercial preservation of games, >run servers for online-only games (if the official servers shut down), >preserve games that are no longer commercially available. You as a consumer own nothing today. Everything is on a license that can and will eventually be revoked. Games are removed from sale, sometimes marketplaces entirely and are no longer downloadable. Nothing is safe from this anymore. Acts of preservation like this are the last defense to your rights as a consumer. Modern digital games are licensed, not sold. That means: A company can delist a game at any time A storefront can remove your ability to download it A publisher can abandon support Entire libraries can vanish overnight We’ve already seen this happen with dozens of titles. When nothing guarantees permanent access... not even purchasing -Preservation is the only defense consumers have when companies let older games die. I want to remind you I am a passionate new modder that works very hard. I worked hard to build this platform and it was nearly destroyed for no reason. It is legal for people to update, maintain, and revitalize software that companies like EA no longer care to sell or provide to their paying customers. Whether that is textures, fixes for modern OS and wide screen, visual upgrades, Steam Deck compatibility, and or other features. Companies often abandon these games. Modders don’t. We restore them, modernize them, and keep them playable for new generations. It is legal, necessary, and historically valuable. And if you'd like to support me and follow me on the progress of this update. I now have a donation link attached in my profile along with some work I did in Relentless Frontier. (I started just this year learning whatever I can and I'm hoping my work here one day lands me a position working in the industry, it's my ultimate goal and something I really love doing!) I do hand made remasters of the original game textures, preserving the original artwork while giving it a fresh coat of paint. They are performance friendly for steamdeck/ ROG ally and other popular options. Prioritizing artwork and proper use of pixel density rather than raw resolution. For people wanting to support this journey I have a barebones patreon link that I will be working on. NOTE: There is no paywalled content, this is from my own personal passion for maintaining and revitalizing games and I will be sharing my work with everyone for free always. Lastly, I also joined the X creator program that allows you to subscribe but the submit button for subscriptions is currently not responsive despite being eligible. X pays no customer support representatives and I'm left with grok who is completely unhelpful over the issue. (Big surprise.) I'm currently working on Need For Speed with an ETA at the end of this month so stay tuned! Thanks for being awesome, support @Rohankar for his work maintaining and updating these on the internet archive and HAPPY RACING!