Remember, laws are country specific. Even if Valve plays nice in the US they can easily pull this stuff in other countries (The example was Russian I believe)

Remember, laws are country specific. Even if Valve plays nice in the US they can easily pull this stuff in other countries (The example was Russian I believe) Best defense against this kind of stuff is bad publicity and people voting with their wallets. I would love to see a clear concise statement from Valve/Steam on the issue of who actually "owns" the licences to the games we pay for. If the customer is "purchasing a licence" I don't see how Valve/Steam would be able to deny them access to the games they had purchased. At a minimum they need a way to allow you to use the games you already purchased even if they kill switch your account. If you're just borrowing the games until Steam/Valve get mad at you and suspend your account then you might as well use a service like OnLive or buy retail copies of all your games.