Here’s a music news site: musicbusinessworldwide.com/gaming-giant-steam-fac…

It sounds every bit as stupid there, if not more so because it’s apparently a normal aspect of distribution licensing in the UK.

Game developers and publishers typically secure sync licences to cover the embedding of music in their titles.

However, in the UK, those sync deals do not extend to the making available of that music when games are subsequently distributed via download or streaming platforms.

The ‘communication to the public’ right — i.e. the making available right — sits with PRS, not individual music publishers, meaning Valve requires its own separate licence as the platform operator distributing games that contain PRS members’ works.