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Stop Killing Games is a consumer rights movement campaigning for publishers to leave online games playable if they end up switching off their servers.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The goal was to require video game publishers to keep games playable or at least in a reasonably functioning state even after the company had moved on.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
But the EU executive said "at this stage it cannot propose a legal obligation to keep video games playable after they stop being provided commercially" due to existing intellectual property rights and copyright law.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
"Then I heard they're not just present but one of the playable protagonists? And not even special forces, handled from the perspective of an ordinary conscripted soldier, that's what gets me."
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
The world’s oldest playable organ, in the basilica of Valere in the canton of Valais in Switzerland, was built some time between 1390 and 1435.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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