Tag: EU
-
Save The Internet – European gamers check this out!
You guys need to contact your EU representatives and stop those greedy ISPs. The job of Members of the European Parliament is to represent you. Check out this YouTube video to find out more.
-
"Free-to-play" misleading advertising in Europe
European Commission meets with devs to improve consumer protections, wants them to stop calling games free if they have in-app purchases. Complaints from consumers who unwittingly purchased in-game upgrades in free-to-play titles have become common enough that the European Commission is taking action on the matter. EC members are meeting with tech companies and national…
-
German consumer federation goes to court war with Valve
Sorry I didn’t post this earlier but now it’s here, check this out, finally someone BIG is going after Valve, Steam and it’s subscriber agreement. Can’t wait to see how this turns out! The Federation of German Consumers Association (VZBV) has taken issue with Valve and Steam. The VZBV tried to get Valve to allow…
-
To all EU citizens: Please help us!
We are about to send a letter to the European Commission. Sending a letter. Why? At the moment I – as a citizen of Poland or for example France, Greece, Germany or any other member country – cannot buy products in the Steam Store in the shop reserved for residents of the United Kingdom (http://www.steampowered.com/?cc=uk)…
-
It’s now illegal in Europe for companies to stop you selling used software, even if its distributed digitally only
Do we have a breakthrough here? I can’t believe what I’m reading right now. Check some parts of it: An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licences allowing the use of his programs downloaded from the internet. And then: By its judgment delivered today, the Court explains that the principle of…