Copyright Office Adds DMCA Exemption for 'Abandoned' Online Games
Sadly the ruling directly forbids reverse-engineered protocols and custom made servers that emulate the original server. The ruling also states that these abandoned online games could only legally run at a museum/library and that it's against the law to distribute them to the internet or host them publicly.<p>> and the video game is not distributed or made available outside of the physical premises of the eligible library, archives, or museum.