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[quote name="Frog Court of First Ribbit"][quote name="Caltrops News Network"]Update:“We disagree with the decision of the Paris Court of First Instance and will appeal it,” Valve told Kotaku.[/quote] Establishing precedence here would probably spill over to any other similar service and not just games either? Valve wouldn't be alone as big publisher opinion is absolutely <i>anti</i>-resale. A separate launcher just for France would cause Valve to actually work on something. Definitely not in their plans. [quote]This is probably the most pro-consumer, anti-developer decision that could be made. One side would benefit enormously, in theory. The other, well, this would be the new video game crash if it happened worldwide.[/quote] Could really hurt creators funding for future. The court doesn't appear to have an answer for this asymmetry either. Tech-wise: sale & transfer will need to be addressed in a post-Steam(GOG/Epic/etc) world at some point. They won't be around forever. [/quote]