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Re: Steam Precludes Class Action Lawsuits

Aug 1, 2012, 14:52

Verno

Prez wrote on Aug 1, 2012, 14:34:
That's a fair question. In general I find it a pretty shady practice, though in Steam's case, it is a moot point really. The reason being if Valve were to suddenly lock me out of my account and rob me of access to the several thousand dollars worth of games I can just play the warez versions. It's a safety net that makes me less worried about purchasing and owning digital media.

With companies underpinning more and more online functionality into the games I really worry about even the reliability of the "warez" backup method. The distinction that you just license Steam and it grants you access to other licenses inside of it needs to be revisited in my opinion. I think its totally fair for Origin/Steam/whatever to tell me that I need to accept their agreement to purchase new titles or whatever but cutting off all access to your existing library seems not only unreasonable but on tenuous legal ground in many countries. It's only been an issue in very isolated events so far thankfully.




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