A court in France has ruled that Steam users have the right to resell their games, following a case brought against the digital storefront giant by consumer group UFC Que Choisir in 2015.
The consumer group initially bought the case to the District Court of Paris (as reported by French website Next Impact) in order to contest the legality of certain clauses within Steam's Subscriber Agreement under European law. Of primary concern was UFC Que Choisir's belief that digital games should, like their physical counterparts, be eligible for resale.
The judgement agreed with the organisation, using a 2012 European Court ruling (which said that a transaction of digital goods still implies the transfer of the right of ownership) as the basis of its decision, saying that Valve "can no longer oppose the resale of this copy (or copy) even if the initial purchase is made by downloading". Valve terms attempted to frame a sale as a 'subscription' to a game, but the court ruled that users were, in fact, purchasing licenses, enabling European Law to come into play.
from Eurogamer.net
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