Steam doesn’t want to pay arbitration fees, tells gamers to sue instead
Valve Corporation, tired of paying arbitration fees, has removed a mandatory arbitration clause from Steam's subscriber agreement. Valve told gamers in yesterday's update that they must sue the company in order to resolve disputes.
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Any disputes are to go forward in court instead of arbitration,' according to Valve, which is facing a class-action suit for 'allegedly maintaining an unlawful monopoly' in PC gaming.
Valve cuts binding arbitration from its Steam user agreement
If you booted up Steam in the last 24 hours, then you probably saw the pop up window asking you to agree to a new Steam Subscriber Agreement (SSA). Valve laid out the changes in an official blog post on the Steam Community forum,
Valve will see you in court! No, really, Steam's just updated its subscriber agreement so that 'all disputes and claims proceed in court'
If you live outside the United Kingdom or EU, you might've had a pop-up lunge into your Steam game today informing you, helpfully, that updates to the Steam Subscriber Agreement had affected your consumer rights.
Surprise Steam agreement update says you can now sue Valve directly
Valve used to have a forced arbitration clause in its subscriber agreement, but that's no longer the case.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
Steam will let you sue Valve now
The Steam subscriber agreement has dropped its forced arbitration clause, allowing gamers to take legal action against the platform.
Valve removes arbitration from its Steam agreements — here’s what that means for you
Legal experts consider this a win for Steam users, even if most of them will likely never take Valve to court. Consumers are usually required in such agreements to arbitrate and n
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