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IGEA's Jonny Roses explains, Valve applied for a "special leave" to the High Court for its Federal Court appeal regarding the decision. The decision and the $3 million penalty are still holding pending the decision of the appeal process.
Valve has applied for special leave to the High Court, to appeal the Federal Court decision that it misled and deceived consumers on Steam
Original decision and $3 million fine will continue to remain on hold until the High Court makes its decision or the application is rejected
— Jonny Roses (@jonny_roses)
At the heart of this case is Valve's contention that it has never itself traded in Australia and is thus not violating anything in Australian Consumer Law. Instead, Valve argues that it only provided online access to video games through a client, which they felt did not fall into the definition of "goods" as it is defined in Australian Consumer Law.
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Sims said this case against Valve is of high importance because it could set a precedent that would affect other companies based in other markets but doing business in Australia.
"This case sets an important precedent that overseas-based companies that sell to Australians must abide by our law," Sims said. "All goods come with automatic consumer guarantees that they are of acceptable quality and fit for the purpose for which they were sold, even if the business is based overseas," Mr Sims said.
Valve is officially based in Washington State, USA. According to the ACCC, Valve has 2.2 million Steam users in Australia, which is no small figure even if it just a fraction of Valve's total userbase worldwide. We'll report back with more details on this case as they are made available.
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gaming giant that operates Steam, has filed another motion to appeal the an Australian regulator's decision to fine the company $3 million over claims that it
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, which is when the process began. Two years later, in 2016, Australia's Federal Court ruled that Valve misled or deceived consumers. And later that year, Valve was
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, and now Valve has filed another appeal, against the claims and the penalty.IGEA's Jonny Roses explains, Valve applied for a "special leave" to the High Court for its Federal Court appeal regarding the decision. The decision and the $3 million penalty are still holding pending the decision of the appeal process.
Valve has applied for special leave to the High Court, to appeal the Federal Court decision that it misled and deceived consumers on Steam
Original decision and $3 million fine will continue to remain on hold until the High Court makes its decision or the application is rejected
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At the heart of this case is Valve's contention that it has never itself traded in Australia and is thus not violating anything in Australian Consumer Law. Instead, Valve argues that it only provided online access to video games through a client, which they felt did not fall into the definition of "goods" as it is defined in Australian Consumer Law.
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, the Full Court declared that Valve did indeed carry out business in Australia. Because of this, Valve is "bound by the Australian Consumer Law in its dealings with customers here," ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said.Sims said this case against Valve is of high importance because it could set a precedent that would affect other companies based in other markets but doing business in Australia.
"This case sets an important precedent that overseas-based companies that sell to Australians must abide by our law," Sims said. "All goods come with automatic consumer guarantees that they are of acceptable quality and fit for the purpose for which they were sold, even if the business is based overseas," Mr Sims said.
Valve is officially based in Washington State, USA. According to the ACCC, Valve has 2.2 million Steam users in Australia, which is no small figure even if it just a fraction of Valve's total userbase worldwide. We'll report back with more details on this case as they are made available.
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