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That's what valve says. Luckily not everything in their nonsense license agreement is enforcable as a judge recently ruled: https://www.polygon.com/2019/9/19/20
by wokkel 7y ago
That's what valve says. Luckily not everything in their nonsense license agreement is enforcable as a judge recently ruled: https://www.polygon.com/2019/9/19/20874384/french-court-steam-valve-used-games-eu-law https://www.polygon.com/2019/9/19/20874384/french-court-stea...
- BlueTemplar 7y agoBut then a German court ruled otherwise, so the jurisprudence doesn't seem to be clear yet?
- wokkel 7y agoI cannot find a source for that. Care to share?
- tremon 7y agoNot sure about Germany, but here's a thread about the French court decision: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/steam-forced-to-authorize-the-sale-of-second-hand-games-in-france.1503124/ https://www.neogaf.com/threads/steam-forced-to-authorize-the...
- BlueTemplar 7y agohttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/02/10/german-court-rules-against-rights-to-resell-steam-games/ https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/02/10/german-court-rul...
- BlueTemplar 7y agoOk, so it seems to be that : 2012 EU ruling : "software is a good that can be resold" 2014 German ruling : "games are not just software, but also "art"(?), they can NOT be resold" https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/02/10/german-court-rules-against-rights-to-resell-steam-games/ https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/02/10/german-court-rul... 2019 French court ruling : "Steam accounts are just software(?), they can be resold" https://www.nextinpact.com/news/108209-ufc-que-choisir-vs-valve-justice-consacre-vente-doccasion-jeux-dematerialises.htm https://www.nextinpact.com/news/108209-ufc-que-choisir-vs-va...