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IMO once you delist a game and shut down servers where people cannot play anymore then it should become open source and not protected IP.

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Open source is too far, but as part of a shutdown of a game and it’s servers there should be a year long period where the publisher is required to release the game without DRM, including the server software, to all customers.

I could see it going through Steam, you get a message “Delistment notification: The Crew is being delisted, get your permanent copy now!”

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Worse solution, but I would accept if publishers were forced to clearly display the exact date when the game will stop functioning at the point of purchase and all advertising materials.

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