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. 根据 GamesIndustry.biz 报导，总部位於英国的集体版权管理组织 PRS for Music 已 就 Valve 在透过 Steam 销售和发行的 PC 游戏中使用音乐一事，对 Valve 提起法律诉 讼。 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 声称，自 Steam 成立以来，Valve 「从未获得使用 PRS 代表其成员（包 括词曲作者、作曲家和音乐出版商）管理的权利的许可」。 “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 公司积极参与讨论并获得必要的许可，以涵盖 PRS 曲目的使用，包括追溯 和未来，否则诉讼将继续进行，」该组织在一份新闻稿中表示，并点名提及了 Forza Horizon、FIFA/EA FC 和 Grand Theft Auto 等「知名系列」（这些游戏均非 Valve 发行，而是分别由微软、EA 和 Rockstar 发行。 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，在英国，电子游戏音乐授权（即开发人员或发行商协商将特定歌曲用於游戏的过程 ）与玩家随後下载或在线观看游戏时产生的版权问题，是两个不同的版权问题。 PRC网站 文件显示，Xbox等平台使用与Prime Video、Disney+和Netflix等非广播串流平台相同的 “通用娱乐线上授权”，并提及先前与索尼电脑娱乐欧洲公司达成的协议，允许在欧洲范 围内下载的游戏及相关内容中使用受版权保护的音乐。 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. 这是Valve近期遭遇的一系列法律障碍中的最新一起。 2026年1月，英国法庭批准了一项 针对Valve的集体诉讼，该诉讼索赔金额高达6.56亿英镑（约9.01亿美元），指控Valve在 PC游戏平台Steam上存在反竞争行为。此外，上个月，纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯 宣布将起诉Valve，指控该平台非法向儿童推广赌博。 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闻头条：一名女子为了让马儿保持平静， 播放古典音乐广播，但未支付公共演出许可证费用；一名店员在整理货架时自言自语唱歌 ，PRS for Music 也威胁要对其处以巨额罚款，该店员被指控未持有演出许可证。 PRS for Music 随後为此道歉。 ----------------------------- 又是英国，steam感觉常被英国动刀 -- 今晚你选那一个姿势?? ○ "○ ○" ○" (|\ (|\ )) )) ○╭○rz ○rz ○rz-st○ /`○rz /`○r27\" ○r27\" ￣′ ○=^ --

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