SixMonthsLater
Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮Stop Destroying Videogames initiative to get a public hearing organised by the European Parliament https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stop-destroying-videogames-initiative-to-get-a-public-hearing-organised-by-the-european-parliament/
DecebalTheThracian
Madagascar_SkyYES! Please!
We need to save our software and archive it for future generations!
(And so that those fuckers can't retro-actively patch an offline game to be online only after ten years of release. Fuck Ubisoft for soft locking my copy of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.)
Fireye@gamingonlinux hoping this is a good foundation for broader software ownership/ consumer rights laws too. (Cope probably)
@fireye
#PostOfTheWeek (season 3):
Following the immense success of the Stop Destroying Videogames initiative, it's set to get an official reply and public hearing in the European Parliament.
This is the EU side of the overall Stop Killing Games consumer movement, with the Stop Destroying Videogames initiative crossing the confirmed vote count needed to be over 1 million.
@fireye
Now that it has the votes confirmed, the European Commission has a July 27th deadline to make a full response and along with organising a public hearing by the European Parliament.
As noted in a news post on the European Commission website:
Today, the European Citizens' Initiative called ‘Stop Destroying Videogames' was submitted by its organisers to the European Commission.
@fireye
Following its registration in June 2024, the initiative obtained 1,294,188 validated statements of support from EU citizens and reached required thresholds in 24 Member States, making it the 14th valid initiative that will be examined by the Commission. According to the ECI Regulation, when the Commission receives a valid initiative with at least 1 million certified statements of support, the Commission is required to start an examination process and issue a reply within 6 months.
Following its registration in June 2024, the initiative obtained 1,294,188 validated statements of support from EU citizens and reached required thresholds in 24 Member States, making it the 14th valid initiative that will be examined by the Commission. According to the ECI Regulation, when the Commission receives a valid initiative with at least 1 million certified statements of support, the Commission is required to start an examination process and issue a reply within 6 months.
@fireye
The organisers of the initiative call on the Commission to introduce a requirement for publishers selling or licensing videogames in the EU to leave such games in a functional state, so as to prevent publishers from remotely disabling videogames.
The organisers of the initiative call on the Commission to introduce a requirement for publishers selling or licensing videogames in the EU to leave such games in a functional state, so as to prevent publishers from remotely disabling videogames.