Stop Killing Games advocate Ross Scott has released a new video where he announces that the movement has established two NGOs in both Europe and the US to take part in "long-term counter lobbying" and "watchdog actions."
Posting on the Accursed Farms YouTube channel, Scott updates the campaign's numerous supporters on the most recent progress Stop Killing Games has made. In particular, campaigners have set up two NGOs – one in Europe and one in the US – which are non-governmental organizations, usually non-profits, that can serve as a localized hub for campaign action.
"Let me start off by saying, I think we're going to win this, namely the problem of publishers destroying video games that you've already paid for," Scott starts off by saying. "We have quite a lot of avenues in play, and the more I learn, this could become a quite convoluted path."
He admits that he has "no idea what to expect" from the upcoming meeting with the EU commission, but his attitude towards the establishment of the NGOs is a lot more positive. "The movement as a whole will be launching an official [European] NGO on the issue of game destruction," he says. "Now, if you're like me, you might have some skepticism on how much this can do but there are definite advantages."
Scott outlines the two main benefits of creating a NGO namely, lobbying and watchdog action. "The first is that this will allow us to do long-term counter lobbying on this issue," he says. "This will also allow for more watchdog action. Like if you recall, I helped organize a multilingual site with easy-to-follow instructions for reporting on The Crew to consumer protection agencies. Well, maybe the NGO could set something like that up for every big shutdown when a game is destroyed in the future."
While there will be "more details on that later," Scott also announces a second NGO set up in the US. "There's a second one launching also. There is going to be a second Stop Killing Games NGO except in the United States," he says. "Political activists in the United States were inspired by what we're doing and have secured some real funding… [They're] getting the process started to start legislation in multiple States… I did not see that coming. That we're having a law drafted on this in the USA before the EU."
These are positive steps forward for the campaign, but Ross says he's still "very skeptical" of the possibility that the group will be able to fix the movement's central issue in the US, because he believes the "legal foundation isn't there."
