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6/29/2025, 11:17:16 AM
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Wrong, the EU is not the US. You cannot revoke a digital, one-time purchase. It is a license but it is a permanent one. Unless the customer is found in breach of contract, it cannot be revoked.
Directive (EU) 2019/770 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/770/oj
Article 3(1) states that the entire direction applies to any contract where digital content or services are supplied in exchange for payment.
Article 7 states that sellers must ensure any digital content remains accessible and usable throughout the contract period or, for one-time purchases, for a period expected by the consumer (indefinite in most cases).
Article 14 states that termination of the contract is only allowed under specific conditions, such as a breach of contract by the consumer. Sellers are not granted blanket rights to revoke access.
Legally, revoking a product that was a one-time purchase (such as a game on PC or console not part of a service like gamepass) is theft, assuming the consumer was not in breach of contract. I will also remind you that TOS contracts are not legally binding in the EU. You can't just say whatever you want in a TOS contract and make it legal, this isn't America.
Wrong, the EU is not the US. You cannot revoke a digital, one-time purchase. It is a license but it is a permanent one. Unless the customer is found in breach of contract, it cannot be revoked.
Directive (EU) 2019/770 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/770/oj
Article 3(1) states that the entire direction applies to any contract where digital content or services are supplied in exchange for payment.
Article 7 states that sellers must ensure any digital content remains accessible and usable throughout the contract period or, for one-time purchases, for a period expected by the consumer (indefinite in most cases).
Article 14 states that termination of the contract is only allowed under specific conditions, such as a breach of contract by the consumer. Sellers are not granted blanket rights to revoke access.
Legally, revoking a product that was a one-time purchase (such as a game on PC or console not part of a service like gamepass) is theft, assuming the consumer was not in breach of contract. I will also remind you that TOS contracts are not legally binding in the EU. You can't just say whatever you want in a TOS contract and make it legal, this isn't America.
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