GOG Hires Private Investigators to Locate Classic Game Rights Holders

Summary

GOG, the digital game distribution platform, has resorted to hiring private investigators to track down intellectual property holders of classic games. This detective work is necessary because many older games have complex ownership histories with companies that have gone out of business, merged, or changed names multiple times. The process involves extensive research to locate current rights holders, which can be particularly challenging for games from the 1980s and 1990s. This effort is part of GOG's mission to preserve and make classic games available to modern audiences through their DRM-free platform.