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Alright, just to set the record straight here, Undercover.
Steam is run by Valve. They want to use it to distribute their products directly to the consumer in order to increase their profit margins.
Vivendi is Valve's distributor, and they brought a lawsuit against Valve claiming that Steam violates their contract with Valve to be the exclusive distributor of the product. I am inclined to agree with them (legally speaking), but that's not the point.
The point is, you bought a product that was NOT being marketed by the person who was SUPPOSED to be marketing it. You bought from Valve, not from Vivendi. Valve sold you the product AFTER they signed a contract with Vivendi that says "Only Vivendi can distribute our products." In effect, you bought stolen merchandise, and Vivendi has every right to take it back.
However, the lawsuit is still pending, due to many other legal issues. (Example: Valve's countersuit claiming that Vivendi maliciously delayed production and shipment of the game, and Vivendi's counter-countersuit that claims Valve delayed HL2 on purpose. Seriously.)
This could go either way, but eventually you will have your product. It would just be bad business to do anything else.
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