{"id":1193,"date":"2025-07-08T09:04:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2025-07-08T09:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:04:36","slug":"game-over-for-ownership-uk-petition-pushes-back-on-digital-shutdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/2025\/07\/08\/game-over-for-ownership-uk-petition-pushes-back-on-digital-shutdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Over for Ownership? UK Petition Pushes Back on Digital Shutdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/petition.parliament.uk\/petitions\/702074\">UK government petition<\/a>\u00a0demanding changes to consumer law around the sale of video games has passed 100,000 signatures. This milestone triggers consideration for a debate in Parliament and throws the spotlight on a growing international issue. The petition calls for a change in the law to prevent publishers from disabling or removing access to games after they have been sold, unless consumers are given the right to retain or repair them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is part of the wider\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stopkillinggames.com\/\">Stop Killing Games<\/a><\/em>\u00a0campaign, a grassroots consumer movement gaining traction globally. Alongside the UK petition, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eci.ec.europa.eu\/045\/public\/#\/screen\/home\">European Citizens\u2019 Initiative<\/a>\u00a0has also surpassed the required one million signatures, meaning it will now be formally reviewed by the European Commission (subject to verification) and brought before the European Parliament for a public hearing. <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/london\/2025\/07\/03\/uk-petition-demanding-video-games-consumer-law-change-hits-debate-threshold\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/london\/2025\/07\/03\/uk-petition-demanding-video-games-consumer-law-change-hits-debate-threshold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full post on the Duane Morris London B<\/a>log.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0UK government petition\u00a0demanding changes to consumer law around the sale of video games has passed 100,000 signatures. This milestone triggers consideration for a debate in Parliament and throws the spotlight on a growing international issue. The petition calls for a change in the law to prevent publishers from disabling or removing access to games after &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/2025\/07\/08\/game-over-for-ownership-uk-petition-pushes-back-on-digital-shutdowns\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Game Over for Ownership? UK Petition Pushes Back on Digital Shutdowns&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1243,13,862,1242],"ppma_author":[878],"class_list":["post-1193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infotechtelecom","tag-oliver-kent","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-video-games"],"authors":[{"term_id":878,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","author_category":"1","last_name":"Sullivan","first_name":"Margaret","job_title":"","user_url":"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com","description":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\">Visit the Duane Morris website.<\/a>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1193"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/techlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}