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[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 130 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This isn't the end of the movement in Europe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgoODQFrPgw&t=734s

tl;dw: This was unfortunate, but not unexpected. There is a much broader support for SKG in the European Parliament, the other legislative body besides the EC. Only the EC can introduce new legislation, but the EP has the authority to modify existing legislation without involving the EC. In this case, SKG intends to extend the Digital Fairness Act to protecting video game preservation.

[-] tyler@programming.dev 67 points 2 months ago

Isn’t this the commission, not the parliament? The commission always sides with the industry, but they’re not the ones passing the laws.

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 46 points 2 months ago

A comment I saw on another thread says that they will be working with the parliament to rework current law to include this, rather than relying on the commission. So yes.

[-] EarMaster@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Without a proposal by the commission the parliament can't decide anything. The parliament can request them to do such a thing, but the reason the commission does not propose such a law at the moment will not change.

[-] Snowwdropp@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago

SKG plans on going through the Parliament, in which they apparently have a supporting majority, to modify the Digital Fairness Act and reach their goals

[-] Mordikan@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago

Parliament doesn't just change existing laws though. That requires a new commission proposal to start a binding revision so they know what should be changed if anything. You can't just get turned down by a commission and go to parliament. You'll just get sent back to a commission.

[-] LostWanderer@fedia.io 51 points 2 months ago

If anything, I thought this would spawn some more consumer protections in the EU...Like a version of the game that customers could maintain and run themselves after official support was officially over. The movement sent a message, but apparently it wasn't yet enough.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 54 points 2 months ago

The message sent by consumers needs to be for all "always online" games to fail miserably. If the game has an online requirement, do not buy it.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Good luck getting gamers to boycott anything.

[-] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

But it's so shiny. Surely just one little copy won't hurt anyone.

[-] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

To be honest, this was to be expected.

That being said, this is more like a marathon than a 100 m sprint.

And the industry now knows that their leverage is not strong as they thought it was.

I am sure they thought it would never get this far.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Holy willfully ignorant, Batman.

This response addresses a claim that SKG already addressed. IP rights have nothing to do with what SKG was asking for.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Yeah and they explained this to them several times apparently. Really disappointing.

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 18 points 2 months ago

Fuck the commission.

The EU is definitely a net-positive thing, but the way the commission works is too undemocratic for my tastes. Stop Killing Games seem to have wider support in the parliament, which is the actual democratically elected part of the EU. The commission and all the other undemocratic parts should just be abolished honestly.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 2 months ago

They forgot to bribe the politicians.

[-] Ankkuli@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Everytime I see EU in the news it makes me disappointed.

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