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Stop Killing Games@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months ago

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Person backed the Stop Killing Games campaign. criticizing digital game licenses. He argued that if players don't truly own games, then piracy isn't theft.

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Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Person backed the Stop Killing Games campaign. criticizing digital game licenses. He argued that if players don't truly own games, then piracy isn't theft.

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Stop Killing Games@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months ago

Minecraft Creator Says That If Buying a Game Is Not a Purchase, Then Pirating It Is Not Theft

Minecraft creator Markus Persson commented on the Stop Killing Games initiative: 'if buying a game is not a purchase, pirating is not theft'.

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FYI, you can link to a specific section of a Wikipedia article like this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Persson#Personal_life

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Stop Killing Games:

The consumer movement to stop game publishers from intentionally destroying older games with kill switches.

The goal is to reach 1 million signatures in the EU so that the european parliament will respond to the initiative that then leads to regulation that requires end-of-life plans for games to stay playable.

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