I would say lobbyist are continuing their take over of the EU. Copyright law is the excuse but 90's games proves this to be invalidated.

None of the games from the 90s and early 2000's required authenticating with a launder. They just worked and this is why those games are still playable to date.

Those same games that had multi-player allowed for downloading a self-hosted server.

Enemy Territory is a prime example. The game would still be playable even with out ID Software releasing the source code.

GOG is built upon legacy games that don't require a launcher. Politicians in the EU have been bought and paid for. President exists and is not being applied.

> Copyright law

who cares. you can still pirate if you so choose (at the risk of your data if you do it on the same PC).

you pirating is basically taking part in a distribution, the host simply doesn't do it with a company but a nick (digital loophole*). but the distribution happens no less and the license of right-to-use never covered this to begin with.

all these cases are digital loopholes: companies being able to shut down servers and forcing people to move on.

we need these laws.