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Valve is convicted in France for banning the resale of dematerialized games

36 pointsby alexsb92over 5 years ago

4 comments

al2o3crover 5 years ago
Hot take: the likely response from AAA publishers will be "that's OK, we don't sell games anymore just LIVE SERVICES"
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raszover 5 years ago
Better than previous case where German court decided games are &quot;works of art&quot;, thus licensed not sold :&#x2F; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rockpapershotgun.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;10&#x2F;german-court-rules-against-rights-to-resell-steam-games&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rockpapershotgun.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;10&#x2F;german-court-rul...</a> It was a BS ruling, basically saying if you bundle a song and pretty graphic in your program its no longer &quot;just&quot; software and rule of exhaustion doesnt apply.
Goronmonover 5 years ago
Doesn&#x27;t this have implications for any industry that sells a digital product? Games, music, movies&#x2F;tv, software, etc?
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scohescover 5 years ago
Well, Valve will either have to make a specific part of the store for re-selling games in France, or roll it out to all customers.<p>I think they&#x27;ll roll it out to just France.<p>It&#x27;s also frustrating when the legal system works so slow that competitors like Epic, Origin, et al. don&#x27;t have to abide by this ruling yet.
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