Valve has failed to convince a court that it didn't infringe EU law by geo-blocking activation keys, according to a new ruling.

Valve fails to get out of paying its EU geo-blocking fine::Valve has failed to convince a court that it didn’t infringe EU law by geo-blocking activation keys, according to a new ruling.

Good, a well deserved fine for shitty price fixing actions.

Now let’s see Australian consumers get fair pricing from Valve. We get royally screwed.

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Having lower prices for poorer regions isn’t price fixing. The real issue is that it’s hard as fuck to find a way to have localized pricing when every bordering country, richer or poorer, uses the same currency.

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