AI companies that used copyrighted data without paying are facing multiple lawsuits. Those lawsuits would go away if copyright went away.

That would certainly benefit companies developing generative AI. The sooner something loses copyright protection, the easier it is to use it as training data.

They are in physical form, so they all still have the original DRM. And if the DRM has been cracked, then a torrent probably already exists.

Copyright is already finite.

Copyright initially held by a company expires 95 years from the year of its first publication or 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever comes first.

Copyright initially held by an individual expires 70 years after the individual dies. That could easily be a longer period than company-held copyright.

for the most part the game companies now furnish us with a copy of the game, many times one copy for each platform for which the game is available. We now receive games for a variety of platforms including PlayStation 3, XBOX, Wii, DS, PSP and PC.

That interview was in 2012, in case you’re curious.

The issue here isn’t the absence of archived video games. Copies of those games exist at the Library of Congress. And just like a physical book at your local library, you have to go to the library if you want to borrow them.

The Video Game History Foundation wants to download those games, kind of like the e-books available at many libraries. By law, this requires a licensing agreement between the library and the copyright holder. That’s why for many books, libraries only have physical copies. So the VGHF wants to change that.

Mandatory deposit is already required for copyright registration, and this includes video games.

407. Deposit of copies or phonorecords for Library of Congress8 (a) Except as provided by subsection ©, and subject to the provisions of subsection (e), the owner of copyright or of the exclusive right of publication in a work published in the United States shall deposit, within three months after the date of such publication—

(1) two complete copies of the best edition; or

(2) if the work is a sound recording, two complete phonorecords of the best edition, together with any printed or other visually perceptible material published with such phonorecords.

Neither the deposit requirements of this subsection nor the acquisition provisions of subsection (e) are conditions of copyright protection.

(b) The required copies or phonorecords shall be deposited in the Copyright Office for the use or disposition of the Library of Congress.

have 3 26" curved monitors at 5760x1080,

OK, but do you have a really comfy couch?