‘Digital ownership must be respected’: UK parliament debates Stop Killing Games campaign, but government doesn’t budge

a year ago by cm0002 to c/unitedkingdom

Politicians debate recent examples of games being “destroyed”…

The Stop Killing Games campaign was debated in UK parliament on Monday, with a spokesperson for the government reiterating its stance that it has no intention to amend existing consumer laws.

Stop Killing Games is a consumer campaign that challenges lawmakers to introduce legislation that would stop publishers from being able to “destroy” video games they have sold to consumers.

Specifically, it calls for laws that stop games that rely on online servers from being shut down without viable offline alternatives for those who’ve invested money, citing recent examples such as The Crew, Concord, and MultiVersus.

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rah 13 points a year ago

As your read the extraordinarily ignorant comments by representatives of the UK government, just remember that the same extraordinary ignorance underpins everything the government does.

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