Kyle Orland writes: “The US Copyright Office announced October 25 that it was denying the Video Game History Foundation’s (VGHF) request for a Digital Millennium Copyright Act exemption to share internet-accessible emulated versions of physical game collections with researchers. [Researchers will have to] travel to far-flung collections for access to the often-rare physical copies of the games they’re seeking,” even though 87% of older games are out of print. In a statement, VGHF promised to continue working for access and legal allowances for video game preservation.