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That's an older article based off an older ruling. I agree, consumers should have digital resale rights, but within limits. Within the same region rather than across different regions where the initial sale value is vastly different. That's what the article I linked primarily deals with, and it's the issue at the center of much of this.
I agree, we still have a long way to go when it comes to any kind of comprehensive law dealing with digital rights, ownership, transfer of ownership, and the internet in general. But as it stands, the resale of keys from different regions is largely illegal in the West and companies engaged in it can be prosecuted. Hence why China, a country with notoriously lax laws regarding these kinds of activities and one that's extremely hard for foreign companies to prosecute companies headquartered in, is the location where G2A chose to headquaterter themselves rather than anywhere in the founders native Europe. Because the foundation of their business model would be very much at risk due to the laws they're skirting by locating in China.
Those are examples of the kind of legal risk that G2A's core business is subject to if they were headquartered in Europe where they could actually be prosecuted.
Wut. That's not a thing, the law is the law, regardless of morality.
Thanks for supporting our argument. G2A is specifically headquartered in China to avoid these laws that protect companies and would allow them to prosecute G2A. That G2A is engaged in an extremely shady venture and would not legally be allowed to engage in it if they'd headquartered in the West.
And I wouldn't want to look to China as a bastion of legal protections for consumers, companies there literally get away with murder and the sale of dangerous products without so much as a slap on the wrist.
It's called regional trade agreements. National and international laws. Hence the link to the German case above, showing that there are legal protections in place in many countries, including Germany, to protect against this behavior as it's harmful to business.
That's...quite possibly the worst comparison I've ever heard. Are you seriously going to compare the laws, or general lack thereof, during colonial Europe with modern international law?