Comment on Valve Sued By The Performing Rights Society Over Music Rights in Games Valve Doesn’t Make or Own
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours agoThis is for distributing games that already have licenses to the songs in them, though.
Comment on Valve Sued By The Performing Rights Society Over Music Rights in Games Valve Doesn’t Make or Own
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours agoThis is for distributing games that already have licenses to the songs in them, though.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
Not neccessarily a defense of the system, but I’d say this is for playing music on the shop screens before you buy the games, and other promotional material.
For example Borderlands GOTY uses a rock song with lyrics that’s not part of the game’s OST.
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
Those are supplied by the publisher, though, which presumably has the rights to do so in the license. I guess we’ll see.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
it depends on the contractuals. It may have been licensed for broadcast and Steams proprietary store may not count as a broadcasting platform