L'Assemblée de Californie adopte le « Protect Our Games Act »

L'Assemblée de l'État de Californie a adopté le « Protect Our Games Act » par 43 voix contre 16. Le projet de loi porte sur les droits des consommateurs en matière de jeux vidéo, tels que définis par le mouvement « Stop Killing Games ».

La législation, connue sous le nom d'AB 1921, exige que les entreprises de jeux vidéo informent les joueurs à l'avance avant de fermer les serveurs des jeux dépendants de ces derniers. Elle impose également de proposer des options pour permettre aux jeux achetés de rester jouables par la suite, comme l'accès hors ligne ou des serveurs communautaires.

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