Edit2: As of third of July we’ve achieved the minimum amount of 1 million signatures! But organizers recommend as many signatures as possible to cover for possible invalidations (1.5M would be ideal). If you have not yet signed, you can still help!

Onto the post.

Yarr citizens of the high seas! The Stop Killing Games movement is still ongoing and we’ve recently had a second wind. It’s within reach!

We’re all lovers of media in here, and games currently have no safeguard that guarantees that they won’t be locked down long after being released and abandoned. If crackers help us, they can still be played long into the future, but many times there isn’t such a possibility, specially in multiplayer games.

This initiative seeks to change that by mainly:

  • Disallowing planned obsolesce in paid video games. (Ex: By disallowing phone-home based DRM after the game reaches end of life. Like in Ubisoft’s The Crew)
  • Ensuring that paid multiplayer games can still be reasonably played long into the future. (Ex: By releasing relevant server hosting software)

If you didn’t sign yet, there is only one month left. Tell your friends too.

Do you live in the EU?

Do you live in the UK?

Do you live elsewhere or would like to know more?

Disclaimer: Reminder post, sort of relevant since piracy movements have much to benefit from this initiative.

Have a fine day!

  • czl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    An important reminder that if this can be enacted into law, there is a chance it would not only apply to games but also at some point maybe to all software that does not require a server to operate most basic functions (ie. looking at you adobe)

    Sign it, and get your friends and family to sign it because the proposal is pretty common sense: if you buy something, you should own it.

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      Another reminder that if enacted, in practice this is not only for Europeans.

      If games have to be reasonably playable in Europe then they will be reasonably playable everywhere.

      This benefits all consumers one way or another.

      More importantly though, for everything, like the comment I’m replying to mentions: If you buy something you should own it.

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      Personally hoping this opens the door to discussing planned obsolescence in the digital realm as a whole, from games to software. It’s corporate wild west over here.

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      You don’t need any ID to sign it, so you can sign it on their behalf if they give you verbal permission.

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      Sign it, and get your friends and family to sign it because the proposal is pretty common sense: if you buy something, you should own it.

      ESPECIALLY when it’s advertised as ownership and not a rental service.

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      This is mainly why I signed it. I honestly don’t care about new games, and the whole narrative around the campaign is frankly infantile, but it should at the very least be a start towards fighting such practices in general.