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Stop Destroying Videogames

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Objectives

This initiative calls to require publishers that sell or license videogames to consumers in the European Union (or related features and assets sold for videogames they operate) to leave said videogames in a functional (playable) state.

Specifically, the initiative seeks to prevent the remote disabling of videogames by the publishers, before providing reasonable means to continue functioning of said videogames without the involvement from the side of the publisher.

The initiative does not seek to acquire ownership of said videogames, associated intellectual rights or monetization rights, neither does it expect the publisher to provide resources for the said videogame once they discontinue it while leaving it in a reasonably functional (playable) state.

Webpage of the initiative in the European Commission's register:

https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007

Signatures

Total signatures 1,214,528

1,214,528 signatures towards 1,000,000 goal

For a European citizens' initiative to be valid, it must obtain at least one million valid signatures and meet the minimum thresholds in at least seven countries.

Sign this European citizens’ initiative

Deadline: 31-Jul-2025

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