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EU Citizen's initiative to pass legislation to stop game publishers disabling games we paid for (www.stopkillinggames.com)
submitted 3 months ago by barsoap@lemm.ee to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Videogames are being destroyed! Most video games work indefinitely, but a growing number are designed to stop working as soon as publishers end support. This effectively robs customers, destroys games as an artform, and is unnecessary. Our movement seeks to pass new law in the EU to put an end to this practice. Our proposal would do the following:

  • Require video games sold to remain in a working state when support ends.
  • Require no connections to the publisher after support ends.
  • Not interfere with any business practices while a game is still being supported.

If you are an EU citizen, please sign the Citizens' Initiative!

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[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If you're talking about being forced to code as in "make the game work on it's own without the server", I'm thinking a "working state" includes "here's what you need to run the server privately", no more coding should be necessary.

Idk if you were thinking they'd be legally compelled to convert server based multiplayer games into peer-to-peer, but that's not how I see it.

It should also not be legally possible to prosecute restoration work to make unsupported games run on private servers.