With technology advancing so quickly, it is not necessary to maintain the protection of the software for the length of the copyright, but also, it is sometimes necessary to renew them (Del Guercio 22-24) the tenth sequel of Final Fantasy in a video game series, for instance. ... Sega Ltd., maker of the Sega Genesis and Sega GameGear, sued the Maphia BBS for making Sega Genesis ROMs publicly available in a download section. This section was a type of "digital rental," which enables public downloads, and the downloaded software is required to be deleted after a short period of time from 24 to 48...

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