{"id":11343,"date":"2021-01-21T15:16:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/?p=11343"},"modified":"2022-03-10T17:05:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T16:05:23","slug":"valve-multada-por-bloqueio-geografico-de-ativacao-de-jogos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/noticias\/valve-multada-por-bloqueio-geografico-de-ativacao-de-jogos\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve Multada Por Bloqueio Geogr\u00e1fico de Ativa\u00e7\u00e3o de Jogos"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11343\" class=\"elementor elementor-11343\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-229910e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"229910e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-baf0a84\" data-id=\"baf0a84\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c4a7f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c4a7f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Com este bloqueio geogr\u00e1fico, a plataforma Steam da Valve podia evitar que utilizadores de PC na Europa Central e de Leste de adquirir jogos ao pre\u00e7o mais baixo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5c3ff6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f5c3ff6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/valve_logo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11373\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/valve_logo.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/valve_logo-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8159a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8159a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-581a9d9\" data-id=\"581a9d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d15a5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d15a5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImaginem comprar um jogo para depois descobrir que n\u00e3o pod\u00edamos ativ\u00e1-lo no nosso pa\u00eds de resid\u00eancia. Esta situa\u00e7\u00e3o causou dores de cabe\u00e7a a muitos utilizadores a utilizadores de PC na Europa. Como consequ\u00eancia desta estrat\u00e9gia da Valve, a Comiss\u00e3o Europeia multou a Valve num valor de 1,9 milh\u00f5es de d\u00f3lares por infra\u00e7\u00f5es \u00e0s regras comunit\u00e1rias no dom\u00ednio antitrust.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4e0776 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4e0776\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>De acordo com a comiss\u00e3o, a Valve e cinco outras empresas criadoras de jogos praticaram um bloqueio geogr\u00e1fico entre 2007 e 2018 que evitava que um jogo de PC pudesse ser ativado dependendo do pa\u00eds onde o utilizador reside. Os jogos eram vendidos aos utilizadores europeus atrav\u00e9s de chaves de ativa\u00e7\u00e3o da Steam, contudo, os criadores de jogos, como a Capcom, Bandai Namco e ZeniMax, tinham acordos com a Valve para bloquear as chaves de ativa\u00e7\u00e3o se fossem utilizadas em pa\u00edses como a Rep\u00fablica Checa, Pol\u00f3nia, Hungria, Rom\u00e9nia, Eslov\u00e1quia, Let\u00f3nia e Litu\u00e2nia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb04b34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb04b34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/multa_valve.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11358\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/multa_valve.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/multa_valve-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/multa_valve-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-273b419 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"273b419\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32c2fbe\" data-id=\"32c2fbe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b30073 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b30073\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA comiss\u00e3o declarou que &#8220;a pr\u00e1tica de bloqueio geogr\u00e1fico abrange cerca de 100 jogos de PC de diferentes g\u00e9neros, incluindo desporto, simula\u00e7\u00e3o, e a\u00e7\u00e3o. Assim, evitaram que consumidores pudessem ativar e jogar estes jogos de PC comercializados pelos distribuidores, quer em formato f\u00edsico, como DVD&#8217;s, quer em formato digital atrav\u00e9s de downloads.&#8221;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d144cb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d144cb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/valve_multa_europa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11369\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/valve_multa_europa.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/valve_multa_europa-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/valve_multa_europa-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8da33e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8da33e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPorqu\u00ea praticar bloqueio geogr\u00e1fico? Esta pr\u00e1tica permite que um distribuidor de jogos possa comercializar um jogo em Fran\u00e7a a um pre\u00e7o mais baixo, mas vender a um pre\u00e7o mais elevado a consumidores na Europa de Leste.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb9a277 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb9a277\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCom isto, o bloqueio geogr\u00e1fico elimina as tentativas dos consumidores de comprar um jogo com desconto. Por exemplo, um utilizador na Rom\u00e9nia pode tentar comprar um jogo de um revendedor na Fran\u00e7a acreditando que fez um bom neg\u00f3cio, apenas para perceber que n\u00e3o poder\u00e1 ativ\u00e1-lo devido \u00e0 localiza\u00e7\u00e3o do seu computador.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94863ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94863ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cEstas pr\u00e1ticas privam os consumidores europeus dos benef\u00edcios do Mercado \u00danico Digital da UE e da oportunidade de pesquisar a oferta mais adequada na UE\u201d, disse a Vice-Presidente Executiva da Comiss\u00e3o, Margrethe Vestager.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d92f934 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d92f934\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs outras cinco empresas programadoras de jogos envolvidas no bloqueio geogr\u00e1fico foram multados em mais de 7,2 milh\u00f5es de d\u00f3lares. Todas cooperaram com a investiga\u00e7\u00e3o da comiss\u00e3o, exceto a Valve. A comiss\u00e3o n\u00e3o mencionou o que impediria a Valve de se envolver nas pr\u00e1ticas de bloqueio geogr\u00e1fico novamente, mas o regulador refere que os consumidores afetados podem processar a empresa no tribunal por danos.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84217d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84217d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;Durante a investiga\u00e7\u00e3o de sete anos, a Valve cooperou totalmente, fornecendo todas as evid\u00eancias e informa\u00e7\u00f5es solicitadas \u00e0 Comiss\u00e3o. Discordamos dessas conclus\u00f5es e planeamos apelar da decis\u00e3o&#8221;, disse a Valve num comunicado.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f73322 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f73322\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDe acordo com a Valve, esta recusou-se a admitir ter infringido as leis antitruste locais, conforme exigia a comiss\u00e3o. Nenhum bloqueio de regi\u00e3o ocorreu na pr\u00f3pria loja Steam. Em vez disso, as chaves de ativa\u00e7\u00e3o da Steam \u2014que foram criadas mediante solicita\u00e7\u00e3o do editor do jogo\u2014 foram vendidas atrav\u00e9s de revendedores.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be1c98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0be1c98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A Valve acrescentou ainda &#8220;disponibiliza chaves de ativa\u00e7\u00e3o da Steam gratuitamente e n\u00e3o recebe nenhuma parte do pre\u00e7o de compra quando um jogo \u00e9 vendido por revendedores.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Com este bloqueio geogr\u00e1fico, a plataforma Steam da Valve podia evitar que utilizadores de PC na Europa Central e de Leste de adquirir jogos ao pre\u00e7o mais baixo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[3234,2062,6268,6267],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-11343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias","tag-games","tag-jogos","tag-multa","tag-valve"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11343"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11377,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11343\/revisions\/11377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11343"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcdiga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}