cabron Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 It is legal to sell my steam account with many games in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridlas Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Yeah sure, why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olemus Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Nope, its against the Steam ToS to sell your account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 against the ToS yes, not to mention you would be exposing yourself to identity theft when transfering the account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theclueless Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 selling account is against tos, but not illegal in a way to land you in jail/fine (unless the account is not yours) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSmiggins Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Well, here's the Steam Subscriber agreement (which was agreed to when the account was set up) http://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/ and and here's the part in question: "You may not sell or charge others for the right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account." On your own head be it, it Valve find out the account will just get permanently disabled. And yeah, before the moaning, it does suck sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangesOfCourse Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 When you complete Steam's registration process, you create a Steam account ("Account"). Your Account may also include billing information you provide to us for the purchase of Subscriptions. You are solely responsible for all activity on your Account and for the security of your computer system. You may not reveal, share or otherwise allow others to use your password or Account. You agree that you are personally responsible for the use of your password and Account and for all of the communication and activity on Steam that results from use of your login name and password. You may not sell or charge others for the right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account. http://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 what TOS means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangesOfCourse Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 what TOS means? Terms of Service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 So, if you gift to someone else your account its legal without money involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted September 30, 2009 Veteran Share Posted September 30, 2009 TOS = Terms of Service. In other words, if they find out they will claim you violated your contract and then they'll lock your account out. If it has been sold then the other person will likely want a refund. However, it is still possibly "legal" in the sense that police officers will be unlikely to come to your door for something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 You cannot transfer a current account to someone else period. if you want to gift an account it must be a new account to be setup up at a later time by the intended gift receiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 You cannot transfer a current account to someone else period.if you want to gift an account it must be a new account to be setup up at a later time by the intended gift receiver Got it, thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theclueless Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 So, if you gift to someone else your account its legal without money involved? still transfer of account, against tos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NfoTech Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Like they're gonna know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theclueless Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Like they're gonna know. perhaps not, but it is the same mentality of im gonna steal this, like they are gonna know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Guy Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 The question wasn't whether the user will be caught or whether it is "right" but whether it's "legal". Breaking the Terms of Service is essentially breaking a legal contract. Funny how questions like this are all addressed in the Terms of Service which must be agreed to on signup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridlas Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I don't think anyone reads those.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splur Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Illegal no, against their rules yes. Just don't tell Steam admin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Like I stated above, how exactly would one transfer an existing account anyway without either the "Seller" or "Buyer" exposing some personal or financial information to be attached to the account after the "Sale" ? I know I sure wouldn't take that risk even with someone I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 It's pretty ridiculous that applications and games are being regarded as more of a "service" these days (as in you can't sell a lot of them on). In the good old days it was all just on physical media and there was no problem if you wanted to sell YOUR property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-In-A-Handbasket Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 it never was your property, the media was just a license to use it It's pretty ridiculous that applications and games are being regarded as more of a "service" these days (as in you can't sell a lot of them on). In the good old days it was all just on physical media and there was no problem if you wanted to sell YOUR property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cuban Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 illegal yes, is everyone doing it? yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 it never was your property, the media was just a license to use it And the media (A.K.A. license) can be sold, and thus transferred to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theclueless Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 And the media (A.K.A. license) can be sold, and thus transferred to someone else. no... you have to agree to the End-User License Agreement (EULA) when you install (fast-forward to click "Yes") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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