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

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91 points ibobev | 1 comments | 26 Jun 25 02:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | 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. teroshan ◴[26 Jun 25 12:40 UTC] No.44386848[source]▶
> I think all art and media should be preserved

Completely agree with you, and so does Ross Scott, the principal proponent of the Stop Killing Games movement.

Unfortunately "Video Games are art" is still too controversial of a take so the focus is currently on the customer protection angle, as the road for this argument is already paved by existing EU legislature.