Brazilian courts examine who owns players’ game accounts and digital items

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  A debate is reaching Brazilian courts over whether players own game accounts and purchased digital items or have only a platform-controlled licence to use them.

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  Game platforms’ terms of use generally describe access to games, virtual currencies, skins and other items as licences rather than transfers of ownership.

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  The article says that spending real money and the ability to trade some items between users have intensified questions about whether digital items can be treated as revocable licences.

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  In a Free Fire case, a player who said he had spent R$ 374.70 on virtual items challenged a permanent account suspension after being accused of using unauthorized software.

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  In February 2025, Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice upheld the permanent suspension in that case; the article does not provide the remainder of the court’s reasoning.

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  The article reports that Brazil’s games and esports market moves about R$ 13 billion and that 75.3% of Brazilians consume digital games, citing the 2026 Pesquisa Game Brasil.

Who

Brazilian gamers, game platforms and the Brazilian courts

What

A legal debate over ownership of game accounts and digital items, and the limits of platform bans

When

The article was published on October 10, 2026; the cited court decisions were in 2025

Where

Brazil

Why

Players spend money on digital items and can lose access to accounts when platforms suspend them

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