Klear@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThe signatures are still coming and it's already making an impactlemmy.worldimagemessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10
arrow-up151arrow-down1imageThe signatures are still coming and it's already making an impactlemmy.worldKlear@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square101fedilink
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoAnd “would leave rights holders liable” is completely false, no game would have offline modes if it did
minus-squarelazynooblet@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThe argument there is if a game is left online with no studio to care for it then they believe they would be liable for community content. I don’t think it applies to offline games at all.
minus-squareBravo@eviltoast.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIf server code is released such that people can run private servers after the official servers are shut down, then legally the people running the servers should be the ones liable for illegal activity that happens on them.
And “would leave rights holders liable” is completely false, no game would have offline modes if it did
The argument there is if a game is left online with no studio to care for it then they believe they would be liable for community content.
I don’t think it applies to offline games at all.
If server code is released such that people can run private servers after the official servers are shut down, then legally the people running the servers should be the ones liable for illegal activity that happens on them.