This isn't the end of the movement in Europe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgoODQFrPgw&t=734s

tl;dw: This was unfortunate, but not unexpected. There is a much broader support for SKG in the European Parliament, the other legislative body besides the EC. Only the EC can introduce new legislation, but the EP has the authority to modify existing legislation without involving the EC. In this case, SKG intends to extend the Digital Fairness Act to protecting video game preservation.

Isn’t this the commission, not the parliament? The commission always sides with the industry, but they’re not the ones passing the laws.

If anything, I thought this would spawn some more consumer protections in the EU...Like a version of the game that customers could maintain and run themselves after official support was officially over. The movement sent a message, but apparently it wasn't yet enough.

To be honest, this was to be expected.

That being said, this is more like a marathon than a 100 m sprint.

And the industry now knows that their leverage is not strong as they thought it was.

I am sure they thought it would never get this far.

Holy willfully ignorant, Batman.

This response addresses a claim that SKG already addressed. IP rights have nothing to do with what SKG was asking for.

Fuck the commission.

The EU is definitely a net-positive thing, but the way the commission works is too undemocratic for my tastes. Stop Killing Games seem to have wider support in the parliament, which is the actual democratically elected part of the EU. The commission and all the other undemocratic parts should just be abolished honestly.

They forgot to bribe the politicians.

Everytime I see EU in the news it makes me disappointed.