For anyone that cares about the inheritability of your game libraries and all other digital assets, there are potentially good news on the horizon. The European Law institute is currently undergoing a project to develop model laws for the EU that will guide how digital inheritance of your social media accounts, game libraries etc. are handled. The project has already started, the model laws are being drafted and it is scheduled to finish by October 2025.
What is more interesting for us is that during a recorded meeting of the people undertaking the project, Blizzard Entertainment was specifically called out for their restrictive TOS that prohibits account transfers under any circumstances. The general sentiment during that call was that such restrictive terms of service should not be enforceable and that laws should be updated to protect consumers from them.
I have included a link to the meeting uploaded to YouTube. If you have time and are interested in this subject, the entire video is worth listening to, but you can jump to 32:02 to hear their comment on non-transferable license clauses, their call for updating laws to tackle their issue and then specifically calling out Blizzard Entertainment. I have included a quote from the YouTube video which people here might find interesting
“This must be another of the great and brave decisions of the model laws. Non-negotiated standard terms should not take precedence over mandatory rules of inheritance law and the basic principle of passing on everything that belonged to the deceased. It is not the same thing to transfer a contractual relationship during life to a third party as is to surrogate an heir to it”
Link to the European Law Institute project page: https://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/projects-publications/current-projects/current-projects/eli-succession-of-digital-assets-data-and-other-digital-remains/
Link to the webinar where the project was discussed (jump to 32:02 for most relevant part): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=92HLkQRuY14
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r/Steam For anyone that cares about the inheritability of your game libraries and all other digital assets, there are potentially good news on the horizon. The European Law institute is currently undergoing a project to develop model laws for the EU that will guide how digital inheritance of your social media accounts, game libraries etc. are handled. The project has already started, the model laws are being drafted and it is scheduled to finish by October 2025. What is more interesting for us is that during a recorded meeting of the people undertaking the project, Blizzard Entertainment was specifically called out for their restrictive TOS that prohibits account transfers under any circumstances. The general sentiment during that call was that such restrictive terms of service should not be enforceable and that laws should be updated to protect consumers from them. I have included a link to the meeting uploaded to YouTube. If you have time and are interested in this subject, the entire video is worth listening to, but you can jump to 32:02 to hear their comment on non-transferable license clauses, their call for updating laws to tackle their issue and then specifically calling out Blizzard Entertainment. I have included a quote from the YouTube video which people here might find interesting “This must be another of the great and brave decisions of the model laws. Non-negotiated standard terms should not take precedence over mandatory rules of inheritance law and the basic principle of passing on everything that belonged to the deceased. It is not the same thing to transfer a contractual relationship during life to a third party as is to surrogate an heir to it” Link to the European Law Institute project page: https://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/projects-publications/current-projects/current-projects/eli-succession-of-digital-assets-data-and-other-digital-remains/ Link to the webinar where the project was discussed (jump to 32:02 for most relevant part): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=92HLkQRuY14 submitted by /u/Slawrfp [link] [comments]
For anyone that cares about the inheritability of your game libraries and all other digital assets, there are potentially good news on the horizon. The European Law institute is currently undergoing a project to develop model laws for the EU that will guide how digital inheritance of your social media accounts, game libraries etc. are handled. The project has already started, the model laws are being drafted and it is scheduled to finish by October 2025.
What is more interesting for us is that during a recorded meeting of the people undertaking the project, Blizzard Entertainment was specifically called out for their restrictive TOS that prohibits account transfers under any circumstances. The general sentiment during that call was that such restrictive terms of service should not be enforceable and that laws should be updated to protect consumers from them.
I have included a link to the meeting uploaded to YouTube. If you have time and are interested in this subject, the entire video is worth listening to, but you can jump to 32:02 to hear their comment on non-transferable license clauses, their call for updating laws to tackle their issue and then specifically calling out Blizzard Entertainment. I have included a quote from the YouTube video which people here might find interesting
“This must be another of the great and brave decisions of the model laws. Non-negotiated standard terms should not take precedence over mandatory rules of inheritance law and the basic principle of passing on everything that belonged to the deceased. It is not the same thing to transfer a contractual relationship during life to a third party as is to surrogate an heir to it”
Link to the European Law Institute project page: https://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/projects-publications/current-projects/current-projects/eli-succession-of-digital-assets-data-and-other-digital-remains/
Link to the webinar where the project was discussed (jump to 32:02 for most relevant part): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=92HLkQRuY14
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