Yes, that is true. There can possibly be some bonuses to companies that get in on this early, like steam did with DD of games.

/facepalm

You quoted the first article I posted. A 2013 one. Where these people were hoping to win based on the 2013 Oracle ruling.

It didn't help them.

This article I'm quoting above is not the same article. It is from 2014. VZBV lost. Again.

Well, it`s annoying how judges act against the law. Valve pays them really good!
But the fact is:
Law says you can inherit and it also says that your account is your property. EOD.

Not sure if the library is appropriate comparison, although steam and major part of software industry is pushing for that

Netflix is like library, you pay a monthly fee and you are able to access all of its inventory. I think there was/is similar service for games, but Steam does not provide that kind of service.

in the end, money you spent to read 300 hundred books or watch 300 shows(or episodes) is far lesser than you spent on 300 games in your Steam/GOG/... Library
and you have access only to those titles

for the comparison to be fully appropriate prices on steam would have to be significantly lower than those of physical copies of the game (not considering discounts)

legislature in the digital goods(rights)/information technologies fields is years if not decades behind the developing technologies

If Valve is able to buy German judges at will, then Germany in far worse condition that I thought. But that's your problem. All I wanted to do was demonstrate that your claims do not hold water due to the fact that the judiciary of your own country disagrees with them. I'm still with you on how things should be, but sadly that's not how they are.

Well, I think German judges are not more worse than US ones. But in one thing you`re right: law says something, but the people who should enforce th law don`t follow the law.

Too bad. Send this to the lawmakers.

Interesting conversations going on here.

But surely the argument here is the legality of transferring or selling an existing account. That is a bit different from transferring a license.

Transferring a license would solve the OPs dilemma.

Edit: I checked the steam subscriber agreement and it seems you can't even do that. Just ignore this post.

Problem is the laws don't say that, because most countries haven updated their laws into the digital age
don't know if Germany has any digital rights/digital properties/digital goods specific laws but most countries don't (or at least not really good ones, or laws that cover other areas except criminal activity)
and because of that providers of services can formulate their user agreements as they wish, because they can say digital content is not material goods and therefore it don't fall under laws that govern material goods (in this case inheritance)

this isnt about steam specificaly, i was more interested about gog's policy and used steam as example

Sealed envelope with information inside. Pass on the envelope to whomever. Use enclosed information for stuff. Don't ask, don't tell.

In that case, I think your question has been answered already.

Gog states on the front page "you buy it, it's yours"

Obviously a certain amount of personal responsibility comes into play, and there would be no inheritance of an account, but if the game is yours then just make sure you pass it on before you die.

If you are worried about the timing, try this one ;)

http://deathclock.com/

I hate to be the guy who does this, but no, that's not exactly how it works.

What is meant by that statement, is "it's yours to store."

However, other parts of the agreement explicitly mention that your use of these games are subject to your acceptance of each individual publisher's EULA. So you have to accept a license. The games are, therefore, licensed to you, not sold as property.

This is not a good thing, and not something I like, but this is how it is at the moment.

Okay, I`ll die at Friday, March 26, 2038. Thank you! :-)