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    Steam and VPN

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Zedman 5526, Aug 27, 2010.

  1. Zedman 5526

    Zedman 5526 Notebook Consultant

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    Is downloading games from other countries steam using VPN illegal??
     
    Zedman 5526, Aug 27, 2010
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    Chaos Proxy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Why should it be?
     
    Chaos Proxy, Aug 27, 2010
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Depends on what country you're in. It may be against the Terms of Service, but that would make it a breach of license, not criminal in any way. It'd just possibly open you up to a civil lawsuit, if they ever found you out and wanted to sue instead of just cutting off your service. Read your contracts... those things written in legalese that we all just click "Ok" on actually mean something sometimes ;)
     
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  4. Zedman 5526

    Zedman 5526 Notebook Consultant

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    For example i ve brought a copy of mafia 2 from gamesplanet and am currently in Japan. However MAfia 2 is not yet released in Japan so cannot be downloaded in japan yet. so if i use VPN to access UK in order to download tha game would this be legal??
    Thanks in advance
     
    Zedman 5526, Aug 27, 2010
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  5. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    This question was brought up the other day and I read through Steam's TOS but didn't find anything about it.
     
    crash, Aug 27, 2010
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