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Valve sued in Germany over used game sales

article published on 1 February, 2013

German consumer group sues Valve. Following a ruling from the European Court of Justice in July, 2012 - which found the practice of selling used "software licenses" legal and that software publishers cannot oppose such resales - the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZVB) has filed a lawsuit against Valve. It argues that Steam gamers own the games they purchase, and should ... [ read the full article ]

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KSib
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_ 		2. February 2013 @ 00:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
"snot violating"
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Dela
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_ 		2. February 2013 @ 01:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by KSib:
 "snot violating"
Thanks ;-)
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xtago
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_ 		2. February 2013 @ 02:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Steam doesn't allow anyone to resell or delete games/software they have gotten even if it's a demo.

So it's a bit pointless.

And the above would make it a bit hard to resell games, also digital doesn't lend to having resold items as there isn't anything to onsell to someone seeing as you never own the product and never really get a product to do anything with.
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Dela
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_ 		2. February 2013 @ 02:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by xtago:
 Steam doesn't allow anyone to resell or delete games/software they have gotten even if it's a demo.

So it's a bit pointless.

And the above would make it a bit hard to resell games, also digital doesn't lend to having resold items as there isn't anything to onsell to someone seeing as you never own the product and never really get a product to do anything with.
I think the argument - just as it was in the European Court - is more about the ability to trade the "license" to use the software (online or offline). The idea I guess is that since someone has already paid for it they should be able to trade it to someone else.
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Qliphah
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_ 		4. February 2013 @ 16:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It would be in fact rather easy for steam to do this. Every game steam has uses a unique key for each user registered. You can add these keys yourself if you buy a box copy of say Dawn of War. They just need to release those keys back to the customer and allow them to remove games from their library at will.

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