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 full articleOriginally posted by xtago: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.
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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