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Re: Urban Dead is shutting down

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Post by Talanes »

ColinWright wrote: post #8
9283409232 wrote: post #6

Can someone explain why the OSA is forcing this to shut down? Merican here.

Although probably intended to target large platforms, the OSA is worded in such a way as to apply to nearly everyone who provides any kind of service that allows user-to-user interaction. It is (rightly) ostensibly intended to prevent abuse, terrorism, grooming, and similar activities, but it requires a full risk assessment against around 10 different possible interactions, and the paperwork is potentially onerous. B…

>Of course, the government says they won't go after the small organisations, but if the wind changes, the legislation is there.

Especially because with online projects, all it takes is an upswing in popularity for the general public to perceive you as a large organization. Would they have ignored Minecraft until Microsoft purchased it if these laws had existed during it's upswing? I doubt it.

Re: Urban Dead is shutting down

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne »

Rebelgecko wrote: post #3

This was a super fun game back in the day. It was really cool to see the social structures forming on both the human and z sides during being events like mall sieges

Yeah. I remember I kept repairing the generator in a house next door and when I went back some guy had always broken it again. It took me a while to realise those guys were the human alts of zombie players.

At least people noticed my efforts and someone made a comment about it. I felt so proud.

My character is still asleep in the house next to the one with the generator. I even remember their name. I might go in one last time, for old time sake.

:shakes fist at dumb legislators:

Re: Urban Dead is shutting down

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Post by lotharcable »

9283409232 wrote: post #6

Can someone explain why the OSA is forcing this to shut down? Merican here.

OSA is a censorship law that pushes the cost of monitoring and compliance onto website operators.

This means that unless you are a gigantic corporation with deep pockets and can afford all the hundreds of hours of lawyers, developers, and moderators needed to comply with the law then you really can't afford to operate websites that other people can use.

It is effectively handing over the keys of WWW to mega corporations in the UK.

If you are operating a personal website it doesn't impact you, but if you are doing forums or anything were more then a handful of users use then you'll need a pretty significant budget to keep it running without the fear of the government cracking down on you.

Re: Urban Dead is shutting down

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Post by cco »

ColinWright wrote: post #8
9283409232 wrote: post #6

Can someone explain why the OSA is forcing this to shut down? Merican here.

Although probably intended to target large platforms, the OSA is worded in such a way as to apply to nearly everyone who provides any kind of service that allows user-to-user interaction. It is (rightly) ostensibly intended to prevent abuse, terrorism, grooming, and similar activities, but it requires a full risk assessment against around 10 different possible interactions, and the paperwork is potentially onerous. B…

Does the LLC not exist in the UK?

Re: Urban Dead is shutting down

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Post by fyrn_ »

true_blue wrote: post #7

The reason for the shut down is especially sad. it feels so common that the smaller players are disproportionately hurt by acts like this.

Often, that's intentional. Like with OpenAI and other big players begging for regulation

Re: Urban Dead is shutting down

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Post by unification_fan »

lotharcable wrote: post #13
9283409232 wrote: post #6

Can someone explain why the OSA is forcing this to shut down? Merican here.

OSA is a censorship law that pushes the cost of monitoring and compliance onto website operators. This means that unless you are a gigantic corporation with deep pockets and can afford all the hundreds of hours of lawyers, developers, and moderators needed to comply with the law then you really can't afford to operate websites that other people can use. It is effectively handing over the keys of WWW to mega corporati…

The UK has been seriously going downhill ever since it left the EU. Not that it was doing great before, but damn. I wouldn't want to be one of its citizens right now, knowing that all my compatriots are such fucking idiots. There's no other way to say it, I'm sorry.

Hey it's not like I feel superior or smug about it. I'm affected too, in my own country. The world is slowly but surely giving away all of its democratic rights. One by one...

But the problem is that all the uneducated, easily manipulated dumbfucks are letting "them" do it. As if they actually understood what they voted for. As if their opinion actually mattered. They're just pawns and nothing more. Sigh. Let me out already I don't deserve this.

Re: Urban Dead is shutting down

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Post by hdjrudni »

cco wrote: post #14
ColinWright wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Although probably intended to target large platforms, the OSA is worded in such a way as to apply to nearly everyone who provides any kind of service that allows user-to-user interaction. It is (rightly) ostensibly intended to prevent abuse, terrorism, grooming, and similar activities, but it requires a full risk assessment against around 10 different possible interactions, and the paperwork is potentially onerous. B…

Does the LLC not exist in the UK?

Even if it does...are you registering companies for hobby projects?
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