European Citizens' Initiative - Stop destroying video games

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

Objectives

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.

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oce@jlai.lu · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Objectives

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.

Blaze@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 1y

Thanks, added to the OP

sp3ctre@feddit.org · 15 pts · 1y

Signed!

jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Please also remember to shat with friends and family after you share! We're behind schedule on total signatures 😭

Denvil@lemmy.one · 17 pts · 1y

I too enjoy shatting with others

calisti@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 1y

Signed.

This EU petition form needs autofill support.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y

Wouldn't it be better to just generally disallow making a product unfunctional after purchase, even if it's "just a licence" (even though you bought a game).

atro_city@fedia.io · 6 pts · 1y

Signed!

agavaa@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Oh, it's just EU. I can't sign as I'm in Norway 😞

Blaze@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y

Objectives

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.