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‘Digital ownership must be respected’: UK parliament debates Stop Killing Games campaign, but government doesn’t budge (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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Handing online servers over to consumers could carry commercial or legal risks, she said, in addition to safety concerns due to the removal of official company moderation.

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[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

SKG doesn’t specify how companies need to solve the problem, only that games need to continue to function after the company stops supporting them.

And that's the friendliest to companies way possible, just people used to setting laws in their favor think it's still rude to them.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Some solutions here are technically illegal to make laws about. The government cannot force a company to give away its copyrighted server code, not even in compiled form. Since there are alternatives that don't require giving away copyrighted material, it's better to keep it vague.

So it's both the friendliest to companies and the easiest to pass as a law.