Sign here to support the EU’s “STOP destroying videogames”

This initiative calls to require publishers that sell or license videogames to consumers in the European Union (or related features and assets sold for videogames they operate) to leave said videogames in a functional (playable) state.

Specifically, the initiative seeks to prevent the remote disabling of videogames by the publishers, before providing reasonable means to continue functioning of said videogames without the involvement from the side of the publisher.

The initiative does not seek to acquire ownership of said videogames, associated intellectual rights or monetization rights, neither does it expect the publisher to provide resources for the said videogame once they discontinue it while leaving it in a reasonably functional (playable) state.

  • arakhis_@feddit.orgEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Just a couple hours before this post I’ve made a post about this issue!!

    Nice to see a solution effort push by the last bastion of my sanity in this egomaniac world: the EU

    • B-TR3E@feddit.orgEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      A european initiative is not the same as a decision made by EU council or parliament. It’s an EU wide civil initiative.

      • arakhis_@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        Oh thanks, so does the proposal never get into the EUs hands? This would make me question how effective this will be

        • B-TR3E@feddit.orgEnglish
          4·
          6 days ago

          If it will be successful (i.e. enough countries over the threshold of subscribers) it will get into the EUs hands.