Valve will reportedly fight EU geo-blocking charges

guest · Aug 30, 2019

Valve will reportedly fight EU geo-blocking charges
The one-time ‘Half Life’ developer may end up going it alone against the EU
August 29, 2019
https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/29/valve-reportedly-fight-eu-geo-blocking-charges/

Valve will reportedly fight recent geo-blocking charges brought against it by the European Union. Citing "people familiar with the matter," Reuters reports that of the six companies that were charged by the European Commission in April, only Valve has decided to fight the commission in court.
The other five companies that were charged alongside Valve -- Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax -- plan to settle with the EU.

If the report is accurate and Valve was to lose the case, it could be fined up to 10 percent of its annual income. The EU could also force the company to change how it operates Steam.

The charges against Valve stem from a two-year investigation the EU conducted into the company's practice of using geo-blocking to prevent individuals from buying a copy of a game in one country and then activating it on Steam in another. The EU contends the practice violates its Digital Single Market rules, which aims to enforce a single open digital market across all of the union's member states.
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