Hi! So. I became aware of a European Citizens' petition that I'd be ready grateful if you could share or sign (if you're from the EU).
It has a rather silly name ("Stop Destroying Videogames") but I believe the reasons are very fair.
The objectives are to:
Require videogame publishers in the EU to keep games they sell or license in a functional (playable) state after sale.
Prevent publishers from remotely disabling games unless they first provide reasonable ways to preserve functionality without further involvement.
This is basically a way to stop service games you pay for / online games from just disappearing because the publishers said so. They argue it shouldn't be happening because the publishers are basically stealing the product the people paid for and it's a loss of cultural and artistic history. They have multiple European official articles they use as an argument to uphold this initiative, so it has grounds in the European Union legal system.
They also point out they're only asking for the publishers to leave the game in a playable state (making an offline version for example) and not to keep updating or making resources for it. It's just to not lose the game.
