An article about reselling downloaded games

For everyone without a legal education;

You can’t just add any terms you like to a contract, various pieces of legislation prohibit, for example limiting liability for serious injury. Freedom of contract is limited, especially for consumers, to prevent large companies from bullying them into giving up their rights.

Also, what you call something in a contract is irrelevant, the courts will always try to determine what it actually is, not just what you say it is. Hence calling something a “subscription” when you are granted rights in perpetuity for a one time payment, is irrelevant. A sale is a sale.

The only way around this would be to only sell games as a “real” subscription service, i.e. you rent access to the games, and if you stop paying then your rights of access eventually expire.

Also the ridiculous get-outs of charging £40 for the first payment and then a penny a year after that “subscription charge” will never fly either, the courts want the spirit of the law obeyed as well as the letter.

People also go on forums and make douchey statements. Questioning things is healthy, I just wanted to see what others thought. Thanks

doubt if. they will take your games to the grave. You may own the games but they own your account which they are tied to.

^this

but i couldn't read that, thx!