Stop Killing Games Gets Its First American Legislative Effort Out Of Committee in California

Stop Killing Games Gets Its First American Legislative Effort Out Of Committee in California

I’ve written quite a bit about the Stop Killing Games movement, in no small part because I think it’s way more important than most people think. Preserving cultural output is both important and, frankly, a key part of the bargain that is supposed to be copyright law. The fact that we offer video game publishers copyright protections, which are supposed to come with an eventual appearance in the public domain, only to watch as game servers are sh…

California State Assembly Passes 'Protect Our Games Act'

The Stop Killing Games inspired Protect Our Games Act took a big step to becoming law by passing through the California State Assembly Read this article on TechRaptor

California’s Bold Stand Against Unplayable Games: Stop Killing Games Scores First U.S. Victory

California lawmakers delivered a sharp rebuke to video game publishers this week. The state Assembly passed AB 1921, known as the Protect Our Games Act, by a 43-16 vote on May 27. The measure forces companies to give players 60 days’ notice before shutting down servers and then either patch games for offline play or issue full refunds. From Petition to Policy The bill marks the first concrete American success for the Stop Killing Games campaign.…

Stop Killing Games-backed bill that'd bar publishers from switching off game servers without thinking of players passes California State Assembly vote

A Californian bill backed by the Stop Killing Games campaign, which would see publishers shutting down servers for online games forced to provide full refunds or a version of the game players can keep on playing independently of said servers as part of the process, has hopped another hurdle. It's passed a full vote in California's State Assembly, paving the way for it to head to the state's senate as it inches closer to becoming a fully enacted …