In a very brief summary, the French court here has held that the EU doctrines relating to rights exhaustion -- that a copyright holder cannot control the resale of physical goods -- also applies to digital games sold on Valve's platform. This will apparently require Valve to allow transfer and sale of games on the Steam platform.
Additionally, the court also struck various limiting terms in the Steam ToS, including a total disclaimer of liability for damage caused by betas. (I'm uncertain if this liability waiver was to apply to beta versions of games or beta versions of the Steam client.)
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