Geposted von Zorkaa,
Niederlande sagen Lootboxen den Kampf an
Aus diesem Grund sah sich Valve gezwungen, das Handeln von CS:GO und Dota 2-Items in der Niederlande bis auf Weiteres zu deaktivieren. Die Benutzer bekommen nun eine Fehlermeldung, wenn sie Skins oder Ähnliches auf dem Marktplatz listen wollen.
You cannot create this Market listing because transferring Counter-Strike: Global Offensive items is disabled in your country.
Valve hoffe, dass sie zusammen mit der niederländischen Glücksspielbehörde eine weniger unbequeme Lösung finden können.
Das gesamte Statement von Valve
In May, we received two letters from the Dutch Kansspelautoriteit, stating that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2 contain ‘loot boxes’ that violate the Dutch Betting and Gaming Act. The Kansspelautoriteit accusation is different from how other countries think about loot boxes, so we hired Dutch legal counsel, looked at the recent Study into Loot Boxes published by the Kansspelautoriteit, and learned more about Dutch law. We still don’t understand or agree with the Kansspelautoriteit’s legal conclusion, and we’ve responded to explain more about CS:GO and Dota 2.
In the meantime, we have a threat from the Kansspelautoriteit to prosecute Valve if we don’t implement a remedy by June 20. The letters don’t tell us how to do that, but the Study into Loot Boxes does contain one rather simplistic statement:
“Loot boxes contravene the law if the in-game goods from the loot boxes are transferable. Loot boxes do not contravene the law if the in-game goods from the loot boxes are not transferable.”
So for now our only practical alternative is to disable trading and Steam Marketplace transfers for CS:GO and Dota 2 items for Dutch customers. We apologize to you for this inconvenience. We hope that, after more engagement with the Kansspelautoriteit, they may refine their legal demands and we can find a solution that is less inconvenient.
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