French Steam Lawsuit

[Dec 18, 2015, 10:50 am ET] - 34 Comments

Valve is once again heading to court to defend its subscriber agreement, as this report (in French) describes a suit by a French consumer rights group over aspects of their terms of service. PC Gamer points the way to a translation by redditor Silencement of key points in the case:

Steam's Subscriber Agreement explicitly forbids users to sell their games, despite the transfer of ownership of digital products/licenses being legal.
Valve declines responsibility in the event that users' personal information is stolen.
Valve claims ownership of the rights of any user-created content uploaded to Steam.
It is impossible to get the money on your Steam Wallet back if your account is closed/deleted/banned.
Valve applies Luxembourg's consumer law regardless of the user's country.

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