10-17-2019, 05:02 AM
Oh... A clickbait topic. I thought these would stay away from here.
Information backed up by actual facts (e.g. a link to the court case decision): Nope
Links given to credible reports (sources like e.g. most trustable and popular news sites): Nope
A topic title/content that is not on-topic but rather trying to bash something/someone: Yep
Anyway. This is really news? It's been years that European courts decided in favor of customers in terms of "used software" (which games are also). And it has been pretty much the same decision: you are allowed to sell used software. A few years after a decision came out for OEM software licenses which also ended up easily as "companies and individuals are allowed to sell OEM licenses with proper explanation and branding them as such licenses".
Of course Steam being a US company... will drag or be dragged to court for decisions already made long ago just to get defeated a second time however the outcome is or shouldn't be a surprise at all!
Information backed up by actual facts (e.g. a link to the court case decision): Nope
Links given to credible reports (sources like e.g. most trustable and popular news sites): Nope
A topic title/content that is not on-topic but rather trying to bash something/someone: Yep
Anyway. This is really news? It's been years that European courts decided in favor of customers in terms of "used software" (which games are also). And it has been pretty much the same decision: you are allowed to sell used software. A few years after a decision came out for OEM software licenses which also ended up easily as "companies and individuals are allowed to sell OEM licenses with proper explanation and branding them as such licenses".
Of course Steam being a US company... will drag or be dragged to court for decisions already made long ago just to get defeated a second time however the outcome is or shouldn't be a surprise at all!