"The momentum is real."

It’s amazing what a difference a little bit of time can make: Two years after kicking off what looked to be a long-shot campaign to push back on the practice of shutting down server-dependent videogames once they’re no longer profitable, Stop Killing Games founder Ross Scott and organizer Moritz Katzner appeared in front of the European Parliament to present their case—and it seemed to go very well.

Official Stream: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/committee-on-internal-market-and-consumer-protection-ordinary-meeting-committee-on-legal-affairs-com_20260416-1100-COMMITTEE-IMCO-JURI-PETI

Digital Fairness Act: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14622-Digital-Fairness-Act/F33096034_en

  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    5 hours ago

    did sort of sound like it was trying to force developers to continue support for servers indefinitely.

    Y’know, except the part where he very explicitly said that wasn’t what SKG was asking for.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      Yes that was the second time it was raised the first time they just dismissed it with some generic response saying to refer to the current protection laws.