• crossmr@kbin.social
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    https://publicknowledge.org/eu-court-when-you-buy-software-you-own-it/

    The EU has already taken care of it.

    The Court of Justice of the European Union found that a
    copyright owner exhausts the right of distribution to a copy of a computer
    program once he sells, or authorizes the sale of, the copy. This means that whoever purchased the
    computer program can resell it and the copyright holder cannot control the
    resale of the copy. The Court found that
    this exhaustion principle applies whether the copy is on a tangible medium like
    a CD-ROM or DVD or an intangible download from the Internet, and it also
    applies to corrected and updated programs that the copyright owner sells. Furthermore, the Court made clear that contract
    clauses that deny the customer the right to transfer his copy of the computer
    program are void.

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      So, we can in the EU? But they provide no way of doing so without giving the account over.

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        Yes, like refunds it’ll probably get sorted the first time someone’s estate with a bit of money tries to will it to someone and then they take Valve to court/make a complaint to the EU.