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Games That Weren't: Preserving Cancelled and Unreleased Video Game History

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91 points ibobev | 2 comments | 26 Jun 25 02:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.499s | source
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teroshan ◴[26 Jun 25 08:31 UTC] No.44385387[source]▶
And to be able to preserve released Video Games, please go support the Stop Killing Games [1] movement and sign the European Citizen's initiative [2] if you're an EU citizen. There is 1 month left to bring the subject to a discussion, and 500k signatures are missing.

[1] https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

[2] https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

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ktallett ◴[26 Jun 25 10:08 UTC] No.44385871[source]▶
I think all art and media should be preserved. It's been clear for decades current copyright laws aren't fit for purpose. Fair use within books is for collection so it should be for digital.
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1. CaptainFever ◴[26 Jun 25 12:09 UTC] No.44386608[source]▶
That's true, but IIRC Stop Killing Games goes a bit further and aims for things like the release of server code when the servers get shut down.
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2. teroshan ◴[26 Jun 25 12:25 UTC] No.44386735[source]▶
Not necessarily source code, but anything that would keep the game in a playable state after end of life. So any one of:

- a) patch to game the game playable in single-player mode locally

- b) binaries to self-host a server

would satisfy that requirement.

Note that the details of implementations of any law that would advance the cause are still to be discussed, which is the whole point of the petition.

More on what would be expected and some example use-cases are available in the FAQ of the Stop Killing Games official web-page: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/faq