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The breadth of the license means Valve can exploit user-submitted content in a wide range of ways globally without requiring further permission or compensation for each use.
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The updated agreement no longer explicitly discloses that Steam Wallet funds held by Japanese users will expire six months after being added, or that expiration dates can be reviewed in the Steam Wallet. The removal of this disclosure eliminates the transparency mechanism previously available to Japanese subscribers regarding fund expiration timelines and monitoring options. Japanese law may still impose expiration requirements on stored funds regardless of contractual disclosure, but the agreement no longer notifies users of this expiration mechanism.
View change record →If you submit User Generated Content to Steam, you grant Valve and its affiliates broad worldwide rights to use, modify, distribute, and publicly display that content on a non-exclusive basis.
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"You grant Valve and its affiliates the worldwide, non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, transmit, transcode, translate, broadcast, and otherwise communicate, and publicly display and publicly perform, your User Generated Content...Excerpt from Steam's Subscriber Agreement
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The breadth of the license means Valve can exploit user-submitted content in a wide range of ways globally without requiring further permission or compensation for each use.
If you submit User Generated Content to Steam, you grant Valve and its affiliates broad worldwide rights to use, modify, distribute, and publicly display that content on a non-exclusive basis.
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