Valve Facing UK Lawsuit Over Music Rights in Games Valve Doesn’t Make or Own https://www.ign.com/articles/valve-facing-uk-lawsuit-over-music-rights-in- games-valve-doesnt-make-or-own UK-based collective rights management organisation PRS for Music has “ commenced legal proceedings” against Valve over the use of music in PC games sold and distributed via Steam, reports GamesIndustry.biz. 根據 GamesIndustry.biz 報導，總部位於英國的集體版權管理組織 PRS for Music 已 就 Valve 在透過 Steam 銷售和發行的 PC 遊戲中使用音樂一事，對 Valve 提起法律訴 訟。 PRS for Music claims that Valve has “never obtained a licence for its use of the rights managed by PRS on behalf of its members, comprising songwriters, composers, and music publishers” since Steam was established. PRS for Music 聲稱，自 Steam 成立以來，Valve 「從未獲得使用 PRS 代表其成員（包 括詞曲作者、作曲家和音樂出版商）管理的權利的許可」。 “The litigation will progress unless Valve Corporation engages positively with discussions and takes the necessary license to cover the use of PRS repertoire, both retrospectively and moving forwards,” said the organisation in a press statement that namechecked “high profile series” such as Forza Horizon, FIFA/EA FC, and Grand Theft Auto (none of which are published by Valve, but rather Microsoft, EA, and Rockstar, respectively). 「除非 Valve 公司積極參與討論並獲得必要的許可，以涵蓋 PRS 曲目的使用，包括追溯 和未來，否則訴訟將繼續進行，」該組織在一份新聞稿中表示，並點名提及了 Forza Horizon、FIFA/EA FC 和 Grand Theft Auto 等「知名系列」（這些遊戲均非 Valve 發行，而是分別由微軟、EA 和 Rockstar 發行。 In the UK, however, licensing music for video games (that is, what happens when a developer or publisher negotiates a deal to place a particular song in their game) is a separate element of the copyright to what occurs when the game is subsequently downloaded or streamed by a player. PRC website documentation indicates that storefronts like Xbox use the same “General Entertainment Online Licence” that covers non-broadcast streamers like Prime Video, Disney+, and Netflix, and notes previous deals with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for the use of copyrighted music within games and games-related content downloaded across Europe. 然而，在英國，電子遊戲音樂授權（即開發人員或發行商協商將特定歌曲用於遊戲的過程 ）與玩家隨後下載或在線觀看遊戲時產生的版權問題，是兩個不同的版權問題。 PRC網站 文件顯示，Xbox等平台使用與Prime Video、Disney+和Netflix等非廣播串流平台相同的 “通用娛樂線上授權”，並提及先前與索尼電腦娛樂歐洲公司達成的協議，允許在歐洲範 圍內下載的遊戲及相關內容中使用受版權保護的音樂。 This is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for Valve. In January 2026, a UK tribunal gave the go-ahead to a ￡656 million ($901 million) collective action lawsuit targeting Valve over alleged anti-competitive practices on PC storefront Steam. On top of this, last month the attorney general of New York Letitia James announced she is suing Valve, alleging the platform illegally promotes gambling to children. 這是Valve近期遭遇的一系列法律障礙中的最新一起。 2026年1月，英國法庭批准了一項 針對Valve的集體訴訟，該訴訟索賠金額高達6.56億英鎊（約9.01億美元），指控Valve在 PC遊戲平台Steam上存在反競爭行為。此外，上個月，紐約州總檢察長萊蒂西亞·詹姆斯 宣布將起訴Valve，指控該平台非法向兒童推廣賭博。 The PRS for Music made headlines back in 2009 for pouncing on a woman who played classical radio to her horses to keep them calm without paying for a public performance licence, and for threatening large fines against a shop assistant who it accused of singing to herself without a performance licence while she stacked shelves, which it subsequently apologised for. 2009 年，PRS for Music 曾因以下事件登上新聞頭條：一名女子為了讓馬兒保持平靜， 播放古典音樂廣播，但未支付公共演出許可證費用；一名店員在整理貨架時自言自語唱歌 ，PRS for Music 也威脅要對其處以巨額罰款，該店員被指控未持有演出許可證。 PRS for Music 隨後為此道歉。 ----------------------------- 又是英國，steam感覺常被英國動刀 -- 今晚你選那一個姿勢?? ○ "○ ○" ○" (|\ (|\ )) )) ○╭○rz ○rz ○rz-st○ /`○rz /`○r27\" ○r27\" ￣′ ○=^ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 218.173.19.174 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://webptt.cc/bbs/C_Chat/M.1773136810.A.693.html