Avviso contenuto: Stop killing games: PIRATES call for cultural protection of video gamesIn cooperation with the gamer initiative ‘Stop killing games’, which opposes manufacturers rendering video games inoperable, Pirate Party MEP Patrick …
https://www.stopkillinggames.co
‘We want an assessment by the EU Commission of whether game manufacturers are allowed to sell popular games at a profit while reserving the right to arbitrarily render them unusable at any time. This industry practice is likely to be illegal as an ‘unfair term in consumer contracts’. Above all, it does not do justice to the cultural significance of games, which can bring together established communities of millions of players. We Pirates demand that the EU protect games as a cultural asset, prohibit them from being rendered unusable at will and, if a manufacturer gives up a game, allow it to be continued by the community.’