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Title    Australian Consumer Watchdog Sues Valve
Date    Saturday August 30 2014, @05:24PM
Author    janrinok
Topic   
from the always-read-the-small-print dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/08/30/137225

crutchy writes:

Techly.com.au are leading with a story about Valve falling foul of Australian legislation:

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has commenced a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Australia against Valve Corporation, alleging that Valve made “false or misleading representations” regarding consumer guarantees by its popular online games service, Steam.

The ACCC’s case alleges that Valve has failed to comply with Australian Consumer Law by refusing to refund games purchased through the network, for any reason.

The very fact that they refuse to refund purchases "for any reason" contravenes Australian consumer protection legislation.

Links
  1. "crutchy" - https://soylentnews.org/~crutchy/
  2. "commenced a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Australia" - http://www.techly.com.au/2014/08/30/accc-sues-valve-australian-customers-given-refunds-rights/
  3. "Valve Corporation" - http://www.valvesoftware.com/
  4. "Steam" - http://store.steampowered.com/
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