Books, and written literature traditionally have libraries to preserve their content for the long stretch of history, but have you ever thought what gaming has?

Some classic games are re-released, on services like Wii’s virtual console, or PSN/XBL, but the 99% majority of classic games never see a digital commercial afterlife, and are thus in danger of being wiped out from history all together. Don’t you have classic games from your childhood that although not critically acclaimed at the time (making them less viable for a re-release) are still important memories in your life? I’d be devastated if through anti-piracy legislation we forever lost access to the critically lambasted yet still thoroughly enjoyable NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game of my youth.

I could bring up countless other examples of under the radar games I personally couldn’t bare to lose, but the point is that our culture needs piracy, as the internet has become the digital software library that we from a historical point of view cannot go without, and that’s why the media, and entertainment industry can’t be allowed to control what we have access to online.

This is just my own brief thoughts on this matter after reading Benj Edwards incredible article “Why History Needs Software Piracy” give it a read if you’re interested in the cultural relevance piracy has to software including games.