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Does HALF-LIFE 2 break the law? - [Computer Games]
Submitted by Forcefire on 2/7/2005 5:18:38 PM 9 Comments

If you were one of the thousands of gamers worldwide who had a nightmare trying to get Half-Life 2 installed on your PC, or if you're still struggling to connect to Steam every time you fancy a bit of Gordon time, you've probably aimed a few choice curse words at Valve.
But we bet you never thought that the developer could possibly be violating your rights as a consumer. Well, possibly. In an extremely interesting round up of the legal minefield that surrounds some Half-Life 2 issues, technology website The Inquirer attempts to cut through the red tape and offer the disgruntled HL2 gamer some advice.

It seems there are three common issues causing problems. The first is a failure by Valve to mention that installing Steam to validate and run Half-Life 2 is essential. The UK packaging we had listed an internet connection as a prerequisite but neglected to explain why. This seems to be the case across Europe. Some gamers also report that the offline mode does not work for them, effectively rendering their copy of the game useless.
The second is slightly more annoying for new HL2 owners - some have reported that their CD Key has been hacked before they have even purchased their copy, locking them out of the game and forcing them to wait on Valve to give them a new key. This has reportedly taken up to two weeks in some cases.
Then there's the issue of not being able to give or sell your copy of the game to another gamer, without having to pay Valve a fee to fully transfer your CD Key to a new owner.
It seems action is being taken against Valve by certain organisations. Apparently, the German Consumer Association has already ruled that the lack of any mention of Steam on the game's packaging is a violation of consumer rights.

We couldn't delve into the murky depths of legal issues surrounding Half-Life 2 any better than The Inquirer, so if you've found yourself on the wrong end of any of these problems you should head here to get their take on the story.


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NICE FIND man valve=pwned

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Hehehehe looks like VALVe have shot em selves in the foot again

again......

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excellent find man

FUK YOU VALVE

Dudes, Valve Freaking Makes Half-life and everything that goes with it, If there was no valve do you think there would be a half life? If it were open source do you really think it would be better?? i can understand how you might be angry about the steam issues but Valve makes the games even if they have crappy policy.

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Offtopic...

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yup this valve/steam post is totally offtopic....

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sucked in valve. What we should do is get together a massive court case with every person here that has had their keys disabled wrongly and get some lawer and sue the pants of valve. If there are like 1000 people, we can pay 10 bucks each and cover the cost.

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Stop BLOODY DOUBLE POSTING!!!! :angry1:

lol it would take forever and ppl would just getpissed at us becuz it would probably delay the release of hl3 lol

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yeah probably.

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Stop BLOODY DOUBLE POSTING!!!! :angry1:

we all remeber the story with hl2 lol

summer!
winter
next year spring
summer!

then finally
fall

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Who cares? HL3 will take another 3million years to release anyway

my account got disabled for nada in the early days of steam

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Steam is almost illegal, some months later from now VU Games and Valve will go to trial to settle the fight about Steam and the rights of the Half-Life license again.
If VU wins we won't see Steam anymore : )
If Valve wins.....Well, there will be a dark time of evil and the only team that can prevent the evil Valve Empire is the Emporio Council.