First post, by GigAHerZ
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First, I'm sorry, if it is a wrong place or forum. But i feel this is exactly the correct place and this petition is very relevant to everything we do here in this forum.
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.
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/
You may want to check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkMe9MxxZiI
https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
(I know something similar has been going on for a while on the other side of the "great pond", too.)
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." - And i intend to get every last bit out of it even after loading every damn driver!