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The Commission is investigating bilateral agreements concluded between Valve Corporation, owner of the Steam game distribution platform, and five PC video game publishers, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax. The investigation concerns geo-blocking practices, where companies prevent consumers from purchasing digital content, in this case PC video games, because of the consumer's location or country of residence.
After the purchase of certain PC video games users need to confirm that their copy of the game is not pirated to be able to play it. This is done with an "activation key" on Valve's game distribution platform, Steam. This system is applied for a wide range of games, including sports, simulation and action games.
The investigation focuses on whether the agreements in question require or have required the use of activation keys for the purpose of geo-blocking. In particular, an "activation key" can grant access to a purchased game only to consumers in a particular EU Member State (for example the Czech Republic or Poland). This may amount to a breach of EU competition rules by reducing cross-border competition as a result of restricting so-called "parallel trade" within the Single Market and preventing consumers from buying cheaper games that may be available in other Member States.
简单说2月份欧洲委员会(EC)开始调查阀门社和包括卡婊、Bandai在内的五家公司,认为他们合谋搞锁区涉嫌违反欧洲竞争法(阻碍欧洲单一市场的平行贸易妨碍价格竞争),特别指出存在从如捷克波兰等地买的key在其他欧盟成员国不能激活的问题,
问题是EU现在不是统一一个价格吗?锁波兰或者捷克key有啥特殊意义吗?
还是说波兰或者捷克的key真的便宜? |
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