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by anon_cow1111
689 days ago
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To expand on this a little, the author of the petition felt that it HAD to be limited to just video games on its face, the idea being to sneak a toe in the door through innocuous legislation.
In reality, this would set a legal precedent for preserving everything from phone games to major enterprise software. This was not the immediate goal though, because if it gained any traction it would get so much pushback from the major industry players that passing new regulation would be effectively impossible. A TL;DR of the whole situation is, there are currently no laws that keep publishers from selling you software and intentionally breaking it, leaving you with nothing. Games are a unique version of this; you can't just download an open source clone because there almost never is one due to copyright issues. (this does not apply to subscription-based software, the license terms are clear that your use expires with the subscription) |
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