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Movement Fights to Keep Video Games Playable After Publishers Shut Them Down
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Movement Fights to Keep Video Games Playable After Publishers Shut Them Down

A movement called Stop Killing Games is lobbying for legal protections to prevent publishers from shutting down online video games. The group advocates for "end-of-life plans" to keep games playable, proposing that companies allow players to operate private servers. While the European Commission cannot mandate this due to copyright laws, it will work on a code of conduct. In the US, California's "Protect Our Games" act, which requires advance notice before takedown and access for purchased games, has passed the Assembly.

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ICO Investigates Oxevision Patient Monitoring System in NHS Mental Health Trusts
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ICO Investigates Oxevision Patient Monitoring System in NHS Mental Health Trusts

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is investigating Oxevision, a camera and sensor system used by 40% of NHS mental health trusts to monitor patients in their bedrooms, over data protection concerns. Patients describe it as 'creepy' and 'spying,' while a bereaved mother claims it contributed to her daughter's paranoia before suicide. Oxehealth (now LIO) states the technology enhances safety and frees up staff time.

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