Tag: european union
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European Commission fines Valve Software 1.8 million euros for regional price blocking
Well here’s something I didn’t really expect to see. Few years ago European Commission launched an investigation into violation of European Union’s laws by companies like Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home Interactive, Koch Media, Zenimax and of course Valve Software – the owner of Steam. The case is now over (or is it?).
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Watch out! Blizzard rips off Europeans
I just saw on one of the sites that I read that Overwatch Legendary Edition is currently on sale, problem is that Blizzard charges Europeans more than Americans (as it usually is worldwide and shouldn’t be).
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The European Commission will examine the legality of regional blocks on Steam
The European Commission is going to take a look at region blocks on Steam. Can we count on non-region blocked games in the future? We all do realize that regionally blocked games are cheaper in certain regions and that’s OK I guess but, according to The European Commission, Valve is breaking the laws of fair trade…
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Steam: Subscriber Agreement 2016 Update
On January 1st 2016 Valve updated their subscriber agreement. Here are the most important parts: Valve is now selling hardware in the European Union (the Steam Controller and Steam Link). Hardware distribution in Europe will be the primary responsibility of Luxembourg subsidiary, known as Valve SARL. Digital content and services in Europe move back under our…
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Poll Time: Should Valve allow us to get refunds in EU?
You probably all have noticed that the Steam Subscriber Agreement has been updated to include some new rules especially when it comes to the 14 days return time in European Union. And no, you can’t do that on Steam (at least according to them) but is this completely legal or fair? See this little checkbox…
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Tripwire Interactive on Steam pricing in Europe
Here’s an interesting post from Tripwire Interactive (the makers of Red Orchestra and Killing Floor series) employee: They’re saying that the publiser sets the price (or the developer etc.) – that’s true and we already knew that. But according to this post from the makers of Adventurer Manager it’s Valve who doesn’t correctly convert the price for…
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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…
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European Commission responds: If Valve decides to offer a product solely within the UK this does generally not amount to an infringement of EU competition rules
I’ve just received a response from the European Commission (it’s weird because I did not send them an e-mail but a physical letter) and you guys are not gonna like it: … Thank you for your e-mail regarding Valve corporation. We note that, in substance, the concerns you have raised are to do with the…
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And now we wait…
The letter to the European Commission has been sent! We have almost reached 1,000 signatures on the petition (it’s around 900 right now). I’ve changed it up a little, added few sentences about the petition and stuff like that. But if you want you can send the same letter just copy paste it from the…
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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)…
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European Union: Online Dispute Resolution
The European Union is constantly trying to brake all boundaries between states and law but even now, most of the time, consumers don’t want to order things and goods from other EU countries just because they’re afraid of some kind of failure of what they’ve ordered and they simply don’t trust stores abroad when it…
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European Union against domains being taken over by the USA
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution which criticizes domain name seizures of “infringing” websites by US authorities. According to the resolution these measures need to be countered as they endanger “the integrity of the global internet and freedom of communication.” With this stance the European Parliament joins an ever-growing list of opposition to the…