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Can't Sue Valve If You Submit To Steam's New Subscriber Agreement

Posted on Tuesday, July 31 @ 18:24:30 Eastern by

Valve is slowly releasing a new end user license agreement to it's Steam userbase. The agreement states that the user cannot sue Valve as a Class Action and that individual complaints against the digital distribution giant will be settled out of court.

It's clear to us that in some situations, class actions have real benefits to customers. In far too many cases however, class actions don't provide any real benefit to users and instead impose unnecessary expense and delay, and are often designed to benefit the class action lawyers who craft and litigate these claims.

Class actions like these do not benefit us or our communities. We think this new dispute resolution process is faster and better for you and Valve while avoiding unnecessary costs, and that it will therefore benefit the community as a whole.

That may be true, but when you're dealing with an entirely digital environment, it's difficult to be a consumer. It's like trying to own the air. Shit gets around. You can't hold on to that shit!

What if Steam were to suddenly disappear off the map? What about all that money you spent and then lost because of Steam's failure? How can your rights as a purchaser of licenses and not actual physical goods be protected? God knows these license agreements are paper thin. I have a feeling a major class action litigation could tear right through them, but still....

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  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns
    Joined: Jun 2003
    Posted: Jul 31st, 2012 at 7:04 pm
    No one gets anything good out of a class action lawsuit anyway. They're pretty pointless. Like with the Sony one, it's going to mean... nothing! Especially since EULA's are about as legal as pinky promises on the playground.
    1 1
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jul 31st, 2012 at 7:07 pm
    Yeah this means nothing, but it's a disturbing trend nonetheless, mostly because these game companies view consumers this way.
    0 0
  • Ranim
    Ranim
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jul 31st, 2012 at 10:33 pm
    In heavy industry, it is cheaper to make a mistake and pay the fines and people than maintain the equipment or fight the legal battles. This wave of class action dodging is only the calm before the storm. Publishers have an uneven advantage in individual court cases because the challenger rarely has the resources to hire a legal team for the proceeding.
    0 1
  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Jul 31st, 2012 at 7:11 pm
    The reason they're doing this is to avoid being in hot water through the trading of games toward European countries. Since they decide to ban video games so often and their fines are hefty.
    0 2
  • Noritama
    Noritama
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Aug 1st, 2012 at 12:13 am
    Who would want to sue Value :( They feed me so well.
    0 1
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 1st, 2012 at 4:09 am
    Protect yo neck son, shiiiiiiit
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