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zoobab
Pétitions don't work, we need to replace politicians by something else.
PoignardAzur
tl;dr: The government's argument is the old "if we mandate seatbelts, cars will be too expensive and nobody will make them except for luxury brands" argument.
4ndrewl
We need new language around this (games, in-game purchases, movie rentals, music streaming). It's not digital ownership, or buying.

It's renting with all rights given to the landlord.

meheleventyone
The language exists already its all licenses. As the reply to the petition notes licenses have been used this way for software long before it became largely digitally distributed.
musicale
> The Stop Killing Games movement highlights the growing frustration among players who see their purchases vanish

Well they should just get used to it, right?