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1. Tim 🎮 (timixretroplays@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 04:11:26 JST Tim 🎮

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾

   #retrogaming, #pcgaming and #digipres friends, a serious question - say I theoretically came into possession of a pre-release, press-pack beta version of a 20-ish-year-old PC game. How should I navigate the ethics of publicly sharing (or not) that copy of the game and/or the stuff in the press pack? There's a chance I could still get in touch with the lead developer but their original org and publisher are long gone. Ping @dosnostalgic and anyone who might have seen this space before.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 04:11:21 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Anatoly Shashkin💾

     @timixretroplays @dosnostalgic you can always do it anonymously. Hand it to some games journalist/archivist and have them release it.
     Frank Cifaldi or Jason Scott would be a good starting point.

   • Tim 🎮 (timixretroplays@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 04:11:25 JST Tim 🎮

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     • Anatoly Shashkin💾

     @dosnostalgic thanks for weighing in. I'd certainly like to do it, and fans of the game would have a field day hacking it apart for interesting details, but also I don't want unintended consequences to make me the main character on the internet for a day.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 04:11:26 JST Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     @timixretroplays oof. Don't ask me. My approach would always be dump & release first, stop & think later. That's just the kind of person I am. Everyone sort of gets to work out their own ethical constraints.