From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action


And in more SKG ("Stop Killing Games") news, frontsman Ross Scott and
organizer Mortiz Katzner recently made their appeal before the
European Parliament.* The SKG campaign is a reaction to publishers
pulling the plug on games in a way that gamers can no longer access or
play the products they paid for. Their goal is to legislate that in
future publishers will have to provide some avenue to gamers so they
can keep using the paid-for product.

Reportedly the EU Parliament responded favorably to their case, which
I'm sure is quite satisfying to Ross Scott, who has been banging the
drum for two years now. I'm less sanguine that this actually MEANS
anything. Money talks, and the publishers have a lot of financial
incentive to not change how they do things now (although that's less
about the acquittal cost of providing end-users with tools, and more
with keeping iron-fisted control over their IP). So until I start
seeing actual legislation get passed enforcing these ideals, I'll
remain skeptical.

But good on Ross Scott for keeping SKG in the news. I agree with his
ideals; I'm just too cynical to believe in him actualizing them. ;-)






* story here https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/stop-killing-games-delivers-absolutely-incredible-hearing-in-european-parliament-there-was-no-parliament-member-that-wasnt-responding-positively/



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