STEAM® SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT | |
Table of contents: | |
1. Registration as a subscriber; application of terms to you; your | |
account | |
2. Licences | |
3. Billing, payment and other subscriptions | |
4. Online conduct, cheating and illegal behavior | |
5. Third party content | |
6. User generated content | |
7. Disclaimers; limitation of liability; no guarantees; limited | |
warranty | |
8. Amendments to this agreement | |
9. Term and termination | |
10. Applicable law/jurisdiction | |
11. Dispute resolution/binding arbitration/class action waiver | |
12. Miscellaneous | |
This Steam Subscriber Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal document that | |
explains your rights and obligations as a subscriber of Steam from Valve | |
Corporation (“Valve”). Please read it carefully. | |
SECTION 11 CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND CLASS ACTION | |
WAIVER. IT MAY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. PLEASE READ IT. IF YOU ARE A | |
CUSTOMER WITH RESIDENCE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, SECTION 11 DOES NOT APPLY | |
TO YOU. | |
1. REGISTRATION AS A SUBSCRIBER; APPLICATION OF TERMS TO YOU; YOUR ACCOUNT | |
Steam is an online service offered by Valve. | |
You become a subscriber of Steam ("Subscriber") by completing the | |
registration of a Steam user account. This Agreement takes effect as soon | |
as you indicate your acceptance of these terms. You may not become a | |
subscriber if you are under the age of 13. Steam is not intended for | |
children under 13 and Valve will not knowingly collect personal | |
information from children under the age of 13. | |
A. Contracting Party | |
For any interaction with Steam your contractual relationship is with | |
Valve. Except as otherwise indicated at the time of the transaction (such | |
as in the case of purchases from another Subscriber in a Subscription | |
Marketplace), any transactions for Subscriptions (as defined below) you | |
make on Steam are being made from Valve. | |
B. Subscriptions; Content and Services | |
As a Subscriber you may obtain access to certain services, software and | |
content available to Subscribers. The Steam client software and any other | |
software, content, and updates you download or access via Steam, including | |
but not limited to Valve or third-party video games and in-game content, | |
and any virtual items you trade, sell or purchase in a Steam Subscription | |
Marketplace are referred to in this Agreement as “Content and Services”; | |
the rights to access and/or use any Contents and Services accessible | |
through Steam are referred to in this Agreement as "Subscriptions." | |
Each Subscription allows you to access particular Content and Services. | |
Some Subscriptions may impose additional terms specific to that | |
Subscription ("Subscription Terms") (for example, an end user license | |
agreement specific to a particular game, or terms of use specific to a | |
particular product or feature of Steam). Also, additional terms (for | |
example, payment and billing procedures) may be posted on | |
http://www.steampowered.com or within the Steam service ("Rules of | |
Use"). Rules of Use include the Steam Online Conduct Rules | |
http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=online_conduct and the Steam | |
Refund Policy http://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds. The | |
Subscription Terms, the Rules of Use, the Valve video policy (see Section | |
2.D below) and the Valve Privacy Policy (which can be found at | |
http://www.valvesoftware.com/privacy.htm) are binding on you once you | |
indicate your acceptance of them or of this Agreement, or otherwise become | |
bound by them as described in Section 8 (Amendments to this Agreement). | |
C. Your Account | |
When you complete Steam’s registration process, you create a Steam account | |
("Account"). Your Account may also include billing information you provide | |
to Valve for the purchase of Subscriptions, Content and Services and any | |
physical merchandise offered for purchase through Steam (“Hardware”). You | |
may not reveal, share or otherwise allow others to use your password or | |
Account except as otherwise specifically authorized by Valve. You are | |
responsible for the confidentiality of your login and password and for the | |
security of your computer system. Valve is not responsible for the use of | |
your password and Account or for all of the communication and activity on | |
Steam that results from use of your login name and password by you, by any | |
person to whom you may have intentionally or by negligence disclosed your | |
login and/or password in violation of this confidentiality provision. | |
Unless it results from Valve’s negligence or fault, Valve is not | |
responsible for the use of your Account by a person who fraudulently used | |
your login and password without your permission. If you believe that the | |
confidentiality of your login and/or password may have been compromised, | |
you must notify Valve via the support form | |
(https://support.steampowered.com/newticket.php) without any delay. | |
Your Account, including any information pertaining to it (e.g.: contact | |
information, billing information, Account history and Subscriptions, | |
etc.), is strictly personal. You may therefore not sell or charge others | |
for the right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account, nor | |
may you sell, charge others for the right to use, or transfer any | |
Subscriptions other than if and as expressly permitted by this Agreement | |
(including any Subscription Terms or Rules of Use) or as otherwise | |
specifically permitted by Valve. | |
D. Payment Processing | |
Payment processing related to Content and Services and/or physical goods | |
purchased on Steam is performed by either Valve Corporation directly or by | |
Valve’s fully owned subsidiary Valve GmbH on behalf of Valve Corporation | |
depending on the type of payment method used. If your card was issued | |
outside the United States, your payment may be processed via a European | |
acquirer by Valve GmbH on behalf of Valve Corporation. For any other type | |
of purchases, payment will be collected by Valve Corporation directly. In | |
any case, delivery of Content and Services as well as physical goods is | |
performed by Valve Corporation. | |
2. LICENSES | |
A. General Content and Services License | |
Steam and your Subscription(s) require the automatic download and | |
installation of Content and Services onto your computer. Valve hereby | |
grants, and you accept, a non-exclusive license and right, to use the | |
Content and Services for your personal, non-commercial use (except where | |
commercial use is expressly allowed herein or in the applicable | |
Subscription Terms). This license ends upon termination of (a) this | |
Agreement or (b) a Subscription that includes the license. The Content and | |
Services are licensed, not sold. Your license confers no title or | |
ownership in the Content and Services. To make use of the Content and | |
Services, you must have a Steam Account and you may be required to be | |
running the Steam client and maintaining a connection to the Internet. | |
For reasons that include, without limitation, system security, stability, | |
and multiplayer interoperability, Steam may need to automatically update, | |
pre-load, create new versions of or otherwise enhance the Content and | |
Services and accordingly, the system requirements to use the Content and | |
Services may change over time. You consent to such automatic updating. You | |
understand that this Agreement (including applicable Subscription Terms) | |
does not entitle you to future updates, new versions or other enhancements | |
of the Content and Services associated with a particular Subscription, | |
although Valve may choose to provide such updates, etc. in its sole | |
discretion. | |
B. Beta Software License | |
Valve may from time to time make software accessible to you via Steam | |
prior to the general commercial release of such software ("Beta | |
Software"). You are not required to use Beta Software, but if Valve offers | |
it, you may elect to use it under the following terms. Beta Software will | |
be deemed to consist of Content and Services, and each item of Beta | |
Software provided will be deemed a Subscription for such Beta Software, | |
with the following provisions specific to Beta Software: | |
• Your right to use the Beta Software may be limited in time, and may be | |
subject to additional Subscription Terms; | |
• Valve or any Valve affiliate may request or require that you provide | |
suggestions, feedback, or data regarding your use of the Beta | |
Software, which will be deemed User Generated Content under Section 6 | |
(User Generated Content) below; and | |
• In addition to the waivers and limitations of liability for all | |
Software under Section 7 (Disclaimers; Limitations on Liability; No | |
Guarantees; Limited Warranty) below as applicable, you specifically | |
acknowledge that Beta Software is only released for testing and | |
improvement purposes, in particular to provide Valve with feedback on | |
the quality and usability of said Beta Software, and therefore | |
contains errors, is not final and may create incompatibilities or | |
damage to your computer, data, and/or software. If you decide to | |
install and/or use Beta Software, you shall only use it in compliance | |
with its purposes, i.e. for testing and improvement purposes and in | |
any case not on a system or for purposes where the malfunction of the | |
Beta Software can cause any kind of damage. In particular, maintain | |
full backups of any system that you choose to install Beta Software | |
on. | |
C. License to Use Valve Developer Tools | |
Your Subscription(s) may include access to various Valve tools that can be | |
used to create content ("Developer Tools"). Some examples include: the | |
Valve software development kit (the "SDK") for a version of the computer | |
game engine known as "Source" (the "Source Engine") and the associated | |
Valve Hammer editor, The Source® Filmmaker Software, or in-game tools | |
through which you can edit or create derivative works of a Valve game. | |
Particular Developer Tools (for example, The Source® Filmmaker Software) | |
may be distributed with separate Subscription Terms that are different | |
from the rules set forth in this Section. Otherwise, you may use the | |
Developer Tools, and you may use, reproduce, publish, perform, display and | |
distribute any content you create using the Developer Tools, however you | |
wish, but solely on a non-commercial basis. | |
If you would like to use the Source Engine SDK or other Valve Developer | |
Tools for commercial use, please contact Valve at | |
sourceengine@valvesoftware.com. | |
D. License to Use Valve Game Content in Fan Art. | |
Valve appreciates the community of Subscribers that creates fan art, fan | |
fiction, and audio-visual works that reference Valve games ("Fan Art"). | |
You may incorporate content from Valve games into your Fan Art. Except as | |
otherwise set forth in this Section or in any Subscription Terms, you may | |
use, reproduce, publish, perform, display and distribute Fan Art that | |
incorporates content from Valve games however you wish, but solely on a | |
non-commercial basis. | |
If you incorporate any third-party content in any Fan Art, you must be | |
sure to obtain all necessary rights from the owner of that content. | |
Commercial use of some Valve game content is permitted via features such | |
as Steam Workshop or a Steam Subscription Marketplace. Terms applicable to | |
that use are set forth in Section 3.D. and 6.B. below and in any | |
Subscription Terms provided for those features. | |
To view the Valve video policy containing additional terms covering the | |
use of audio-visual works incorporating Valve intellectual property or | |
created with The Source® Filmmaker Software, please click here: | |
http://www.valvesoftware.com/videopolicy.html | |
E. License to Use Valve Dedicated Server Software | |
Your Subscription(s) may contain access to the Valve Dedicated Server | |
Software. If so, you may use the Valve Dedicated Server Software on an | |
unlimited number of computers for the purpose of hosting online | |
multiplayer games of Valve products. If you wish to operate the Valve | |
Dedicated Server Software, you will be solely responsible for procuring | |
any Internet access, bandwidth, or hardware for such activities and will | |
bear all costs associated therewith. | |
F. Ownership of Content and Services | |
All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the | |
Content and Services and any and all copies thereof, are owned by Valve | |
and/or its or its affiliates’ licensors. All rights are reserved, except | |
as expressly stated herein. The Content and Services is protected by | |
copyright laws, international copyright treaties and conventions and other | |
laws. The Content and Services contains certain licensed materials and | |
Valve’s and its affiliates’ licensors may protect their rights in the | |
event of any violation of this Agreement. | |
G. Restrictions on Use of Content and Services | |
You may not use the Content and Services for any purpose other than the | |
permitted access to Steam and your Subscriptions, and to make personal, | |
non-commercial use of your Subscriptions, except as otherwise permitted by | |
this Agreement or applicable Subscription Terms. Except as otherwise | |
permitted under this Agreement (including any Subscription Terms or Rules | |
of Use), or under applicable law notwithstanding these restrictions, you | |
may not, in whole or in part, copy, photocopy, reproduce, publish, | |
distribute, translate, reverse engineer, derive source code from, modify, | |
disassemble, decompile, create derivative works based on, or remove any | |
proprietary notices or labels from the Content and Services or any | |
software accessed via Steam without the prior consent, in writing, of | |
Valve. | |
You are entitled to use the Content and Services for your own personal | |
use, but you are not entitled to: (i) sell, grant a security interest in | |
or transfer reproductions of the Content and Services to other parties in | |
any way, nor to rent, lease or license the Content and Services to others | |
without the prior written consent of Valve, except to the extent expressly | |
permitted elsewhere in this Agreement (including any Subscription Terms or | |
Rules of Use); (ii) host or provide matchmaking services for the Content | |
and Services or emulate or redirect the communication protocols used by | |
Valve in any network feature of the Content and Services, through protocol | |
emulation, tunneling, modifying or adding components to the Content and | |
Services, use of a utility program or any other techniques now known or | |
hereafter developed, for any purpose including, but not limited to network | |
play over the Internet, network play utilizing commercial or | |
non-commercial gaming networks or as part of content aggregation networks, | |
websites or services, without the prior written consent of Valve; or (iii) | |
exploit the Content and Services or any of its parts for any commercial | |
purpose, except as expressly permitted elsewhere in this Agreement | |
(including any Subscription Terms or Rules of Use). | |
3. BILLING, PAYMENT AND OTHER SUBSCRIPTIONS | |
All charges incurred on Steam, and all purchases made with the Steam | |
Wallet, are payable in advance and final, except as described in Section 7 | |
below and in the Steam Refund Policy | |
http://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds. | |
A. Payment Authorization | |
When you provide payment information to Valve or to one of its payment | |
processors, you represent to Valve that you are the authorized user of the | |
card, PIN, key or account associated with that payment, and you authorize | |
Valve to charge your credit card or to process your payment with the | |
chosen third-party payment processor for any Subscription, Steam Wallet | |
funds, Hardware or other fees incurred by you. Valve may require you to | |
provide your address or other information in order to meet their | |
obligations under applicable tax law. | |
For Subscriptions purchased based on an agreed usage period, where | |
recurring payments are made in exchange for continued use (“Recurring | |
Payment Subscriptions”), by continuing to use the Recurring Payment | |
Subscription you agree and reaffirm that Valve is authorized to charge | |
your credit card (or your Steam Wallet, if funded), or to process your | |
payment with any other applicable third-party payment processor, for any | |
applicable recurring payment amounts. If you have purchased any Recurring | |
Payment Subscriptions, you agree to notify Valve promptly of any changes | |
to your credit card account number, its expiration date and/or your | |
billing address, or your PayPal or other payment account number, and you | |
agree to notify Valve promptly if your credit card or PayPal or other | |
payment account expires or is cancelled for any reason. | |
If your use of Steam is subject to any type of use or sales tax, then | |
Valve may also charge you for those taxes, in addition to the Subscription | |
or other fees published in the Rules of Use. The European Union VAT | |
(“VAT”) tax amounts collected by Valve reflect VAT due on the value of any | |
Content and Services, Hardware or Subscription. | |
You agree that you will not use IP proxying or other methods to disguise | |
the place of your residence, whether to circumvent geographical | |
restrictions on game content, to purchase at pricing not applicable to | |
your geography, or for any other purpose. If you do this, Valve may | |
terminate your access to your Account. | |
B. Responsibility for Charges Associated With Your Account | |
As the Account holder, you are responsible for all charges incurred, | |
including applicable taxes, and all purchases made by you or anyone that | |
uses your Account, including your family or friends. If you cancel your | |
Account, Valve reserves the right to collect fees, surcharges or costs | |
incurred before cancellation. Any delinquent or unpaid Accounts must be | |
settled before Valve will allow you to register again. | |
C. Steam Wallet | |
Steam may make available an account balance associated with your Account | |
(the “Steam Wallet”). The Steam Wallet is neither a bank account nor any | |
kind of payment instrument. It functions as a prepaid balance to purchase | |
Content and Services. You may place funds in your Steam Wallet up to a | |
maximum amount determined by Valve, by credit card, prepaid card, | |
promotional code, or any other payment method accepted by Steam. Within | |
any twenty-four (24) hour period, the total amount stored in your Steam | |
Wallet plus the total amount spent out of your Steam Wallet, in the | |
aggregate, may not exceed US$2,000 or its equivalent in your applicable | |
local currency -- attempted deposits into your Steam Wallet that exceed | |
this threshold may not be credited to your Steam Wallet until your | |
activity falls below this threshold. Valve may change or impose different | |
Steam Wallet balance and usage limits from time to time. | |
You will be notified by e-mail of any change to the Steam Wallet balance | |
and usage limits within sixty (60) days before the entry into force of the | |
said change. Your continued use of your Steam Account more than thirty | |
(30) days after the entry into force of the changes, will constitute your | |
acceptance of the changes. If you don’t agree to the changes, your only | |
remedy is to terminate your Steam Account or to cease use of your Steam | |
Wallet. Valve shall not have any obligation to refund any credits | |
remaining on your Steam Wallet in this case. | |
You may use Steam Wallet funds to purchase Subscriptions, including by | |
making in-game purchases where Steam Wallet transactions are enabled, and | |
Hardware. Funds added to the Steam Wallet are non-refundable and | |
non-transferable. Steam Wallet funds do not constitute a personal property | |
right, have no value outside Steam and can only be used to purchase | |
Subscriptions and related content via Steam (including but not limited to | |
games and other applications offered through the Steam Store, or in a | |
Steam Subscription Marketplace) and Hardware. Steam Wallet funds have no | |
cash value and are not exchangeable for cash. Steam Wallet funds that are | |
deemed unclaimed property may be turned over to the applicable authority. | |
D. Trading and Sales of Subscriptions Between Subscribers | |
Steam may include one or more features or sites that allow Subscribers to | |
trade, sell or purchase certain types of Subscriptions (for example, | |
license rights to virtual items) with, to or from other Subscribers | |
(“Subscription Marketplaces”). An example of a Subscription Marketplace is | |
the Steam Community Market. By using or participating in Subscription | |
Marketplaces, you authorize Valve, on its own behalf or as an agent or | |
licensee of any third-party creator or publisher of the applicable | |
Subscriptions in your Account, to transfer those Subscriptions from your | |
Account in order to give effect to any trade or sale you make. | |
Valve may charge a fee for trades or sales in a Subscription Marketplace. | |
Any fees will be disclosed to you prior to the completion of the trade or | |
sale. | |
If you complete a trade, sale or purchase in a Subscription Marketplace, | |
you acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for taxes, if any, | |
which may be due with respect to your transactions, including sales or use | |
taxes, and for compliance with applicable tax laws. Proceeds from sales | |
you make in a Subscription Marketplace may be considered income to you for | |
income tax purposes. You should consult with a tax specialist to determine | |
your tax liability in connection with your activities in any Subscription | |
Marketplace. | |
You understand and acknowledge that Valve may decide to cease operation of | |
any Subscription Marketplace, change the fees that it charges or change | |
the terms or features of the Steam Subscription Marketplace. Valve shall | |
have no liability to you because of any inability to trade Subscriptions | |
in the Steam Trading Marketplace, including because of discontinuation or | |
changes in the terms, features or eligibility requirements of any | |
Subscription Marketplace. | |
You also understand and acknowledge that Subscriptions traded, sold or | |
purchased in any Subscription Marketplace are license rights, that you | |
have no ownership interest in such Subscriptions, and that Valve does not | |
recognize any transfers of Subscriptions (including transfers by operation | |
of law) that are made outside of Steam. | |
E. Retail Purchase | |
Valve may offer or require a Subscription for purchasers of retail | |
packaged product versions or OEM versions of Valve products. The "CD-Key" | |
or "Product Key" accompanying such versions is used to activate your | |
Subscription. | |
F. Steam Authorized Resellers | |
You may purchase a Subscription through an authorized reseller of Valve. | |
The "Product Key" accompanying such purchase will be used to activate your | |
Subscription. If you purchase a Subscription from an authorized reseller | |
of Valve, you agree to direct all questions regarding the Product Key to | |
that reseller. | |
G. Free Subscriptions | |
In some cases, Valve may offer a free Subscription to certain services, | |
software and content. As with all Subscriptions, you are always | |
responsible for any Internet service provider, telephone, and other | |
connection fees that you may incur when using Steam, even when Valve | |
offers a free Subscription. | |
H. Third Party Sites | |
Steam may provide links to other third party sites. Some of these sites | |
may charge separate fees, which are not included in and are in addition to | |
any Subscription or other fees that you may pay to Valve. Steam may also | |
provide access to third-party vendors, who provide content, goods and/or | |
services on Steam or the Internet. Any separate charges or obligations you | |
incur in your dealings with these third parties are your responsibility. | |
Valve makes no representations or warranties, either express or implied, | |
regarding any third party site. In particular, Valve makes no | |
representation or warranty that any service or subscription offered via | |
third-party vendors will not change or be suspended or terminated. | |
4. ONLINE CONDUCT, CHEATING AND ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR | |
Your online conduct and interaction with other Subscribers should be | |
guided by common sense and basic etiquette. They must notably comply with | |
the Steam Online Conduct rules, to be found at | |
http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=online_conduct. Depending on | |
terms of use imposed by third parties who host particular games or other | |
services, additional requirements may also be provided in the Subscription | |
Terms applicable to a particular Subscription. | |
Steam and the Content and Services may include functionality designed to | |
identify software or hardware processes or functionality that may give a | |
player an unfair competitive advantage when playing multiplayer versions | |
of any Content and Services or modifications of Content and Services | |
(“Cheats”). You agree that you will not create Cheats or assist third | |
parties in any way to create or use Cheats. You agree that you will not | |
directly or indirectly disable, circumvent, or otherwise interfere with | |
the operation of software designed to prevent or report the use of Cheats. | |
You acknowledge and agree that either Valve or any online multiplayer host | |
may refuse to allow you to participate in certain online multiplayer games | |
if you use Cheats in connection with Steam or the Content and Services. | |
Further, you acknowledge and agree that an online multiplayer host may | |
report your use of Cheats to Valve, and Valve may communicate your history | |
of use of Cheats to other online multiplayer hosts. Valve may terminate | |
your Account or a particular Subscription for any conduct or activity that | |
is illegal, constitutes a Cheat, or otherwise negatively affects the | |
enjoyment of Steam by other Subscribers. You acknowledge that Valve is not | |
required to provide you notice before terminating your Subscription(s) | |
and/or Account. | |
You may not use Cheats, automation software (bots), mods, hacks, or any | |
other unauthorized third-party software, to modify or automate any | |
Subscription Marketplace process. | |
5. THIRD PARTY CONTENT | |
In regard to all Subscriptions, Contents and Services that are not | |
authored by Valve, Valve does not screen such third party content | |
available on Steam or through other sources. Valve assumes no | |
responsibility or liability for such third party content. Some third party | |
application software is capable of being used by businesses for business | |
purposes - however, you may only acquire such software via Steam for | |
private personal use. | |
6. USER GENERATED CONTENT | |
A. General Provisions | |
Steam provides interfaces and tools for you to be able to generate content | |
and make it available to other users and/or to Valve at your sole | |
discretion. "User Generated Content" means any content you make available | |
to other users through your use of multi-user features of Steam, or to | |
Valve or its affiliates through your use of the Content and Services or | |
otherwise. | |
When you upload your content to Steam to make it available to other users | |
and/or to Valve, 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, and derivative works of your User Generated Content, | |
for the purpose of the operation, distribution and promotion of the Steam | |
service, Steam games or other Steam offerings. This license is granted to | |
Valve as the content is uploaded on Steam for the entire duration of the | |
intellectual property rights. It may be terminated if Valve is in breach | |
of the license and has not cured such breach within fourteen (14) days | |
from receiving notice from you sent to the attention of the Valve Legal | |
Department at the applicable Valve address noted on this Privacy | |
Policy page. The termination of said license does not affect the rights of | |
any sub-licensees pursuant to any sub-license granted by Valve prior to | |
termination of the license. Valve is the sole owner of the derivative | |
works created by Valve from your Content, and is therefore entitled to | |
grant licenses on these derivative works. If you use Valve cloud storage, | |
you grant us a license to store your information as part of that service. | |
Valve may place limits on the amount of storage you may use. | |
If you provide Valve with any feedback or suggestions about Steam, the | |
Content and Services, or any Valve products or services, Valve is free to | |
use the feedback or suggestions however it chooses, without any obligation | |
to account to you. | |
B. Content Uploaded to the Steam Workshop | |
Some games or applications available on Steam ("Workshop-Enabled Apps") | |
allow you to create User Generated Content based on or using the | |
Workshop-Enabled App, and to submit that User Generated Content (a | |
“Workshop Contribution”) to one or more Steam Workshop web pages. Workshop | |
Contributions can be viewed by the Steam community, and for some | |
categories of Workshop Contributions users may be able to interact with, | |
download or purchase the Workshop Contribution. In some cases, Workshop | |
Contributions may be considered for incorporation by Valve or a | |
third-party developer into a game or into a Subscription Marketplace. | |
You understand and agree that Valve is not obligated to use, distribute, | |
or continue to distribute copies of any Workshop Contribution and reserves | |
the right, but not the obligation, to restrict or remove Workshop | |
Contributions for any reason. | |
Specific Workshop-Enabled Apps or Workshop web pages may contain special | |
terms (“App-Specific Terms”) that supplement or change the terms set out | |
in this Section. In particular, where Workshop Contributions are | |
distributed for a fee, App-Specific Terms will address how revenue may be | |
shared. Unless otherwise specified in App-Specific Terms (if any), the | |
following general rules apply to Workshop Contributions. | |
• Workshop Contributions are Subscriptions, and therefore you agree that | |
any Subscriber receiving distribution of your Workshop Contribution | |
will have the same rights to use your Workshop Contribution (and will | |
be subject to the same restrictions) as are set out in this Agreement | |
for any other Subscriptions. | |
• Notwithstanding the license described in Section 6.A., Valve will only | |
have the right to modify or create derivative works from your Workshop | |
Contribution in the following cases: (a) Valve may make modifications | |
necessary to make your Contribution compatible with Steam and the | |
Workshop functionality or user interface, and (b) Valve or the | |
applicable developer may make modifications to Workshop Contributions | |
that are accepted for in-Application distribution as it deems | |
necessary or desirable to enhance gameplay. | |
• You may, in your sole discretion, choose to remove a Workshop | |
Contribution from the applicable Workshop pages. If you do so, Valve | |
will no longer have the right to use, distribute, transmit, | |
communicate, publicly display or publicly perform the Workshop | |
Contribution, except that (a) Valve may continue to exercise these | |
rights for any Workshop Contribution that is accepted for distribution | |
in-game or distributed in a manner that allows it to be used in-game, | |
and (b) your removal will not affect the rights of any Subscriber who | |
has already obtained access to a copy of the Workshop Contribution. | |
Except where otherwise provided in App-Specific Terms, you agree that | |
Valve’s consideration of your Workshop Contribution is your full | |
compensation, and you are not entitled to any other rights or compensation | |
in connection with the rights granted to Valve and to other Subscribers. | |
C. Promotions and Endorsements | |
If you use Steam services (e.g. the Steam Curators’ Lists or the Steam | |
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return for any kind of consideration from a third party (including | |
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source of such consideration to your audience. | |
D. Representations and Warranties | |
You represent and warrant to us that you have sufficient rights in all | |
User Generated Content to grant Valve and other affected parties the | |
licenses described under A. and B. above or in any license terms specific | |
to the applicable Workshop-Enabled App or Workshop page. This includes, | |
without limitation, any kind of intellectual property rights or other | |
proprietary or personal rights affected by or included in the User | |
Generated Content. In particular, with respect to Workshop Contributions, | |
you represent and warrant that the Workshop Contribution was originally | |
created by you (or, with respect to a Workshop Contribution to which | |
others contributed besides you, by you and the other contributors, and in | |
such case that you have the right to submit such Workshop Contribution on | |
behalf of those other contributors). | |
You furthermore represent and warrant that the User Generated Content, | |
your submission of that Content, and your granting of rights in that | |
Content does not violate any applicable contract, law or regulation. | |
7. DISCLAIMERS; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; NO GUARANTEES; LIMITED WARRANTY | |
THIS SECTION 7 DOES NOT APPLY TO EU SUBSCRIBERS. | |
• FOR NEW ZEALAND SUBSCRIBERS, THIS SECTION 7 DOES NOT EXCLUDE, RESTRICT | |
OR MODIFY THE APPLICATION OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY THAT CANNOT BE SO | |
EXCLUDED, RESTRICTED OR MODIFIED INCLUDING THOSE CONFERRED BY THE NEW | |
ZEALAND CONSUMER GUARANTEES ACT 1993. UNDER THIS ACT ARE GUARANTEES | |
WHICH INCLUDE THAT GOODS AND SERVICES ARE OF ACCEPTABLE QUALITY. IF | |
THIS GUARANTEE IS NOT MET THERE ARE ENTITLEMENTS TO HAVE THE SOFTWARE | |
REMEDIED (WHICH MAY INCLUDE REPAIR, REPLACEMENT OR REFUND). IF A | |
REMEDY CANNOT BE PROVIDED OR THE FAILURE IS OF A SUBSTANTIAL | |
CHARACTER, THE ACT PROVIDES FOR A REFUND. | |
Prior to acquiring a Subscription, you should consult the product | |
information made available on Steam, including Subscription description, | |
minimum technical requirements, and user reviews. | |
A. DISCLAIMERS | |
VALVE AND ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM (I) ANY | |
WARRANTY FOR STEAM, THE CONTENT AND SERVICES, AND THE SUBSCRIPTIONS, AND | |
(II) ANY COMMON LAW DUTIES WITH REGARD TO STEAM, THE CONTENT AND SERVICES, | |
AND THE SUBSCRIPTIONS, INCLUDING DUTIES OF LACK OF NEGLIGENCE AND LACK OF | |
WORKMANLIKE EFFORT. STEAM, THE CONTENT AND SERVICES, THE SUBSCRIPTIONS, | |
AND ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH ARE PROVIDED ON AN | |
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IN SECTION 2-312 OF THE UNITED STATES UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE AND/OR IN | |
ANY OTHER COMPARABLE STATE STATUTE IS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. ALSO, THERE IS | |
NO WARRANTY OF TITLE, NON-INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR ENJOYMENT, OR AUTHORITY | |
IN CONNECTION WITH STEAM, THE CONTENT AND SERVICES, THE SUBSCRIPTIONS, OR | |
INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. | |
ANY WARRANTY AGAINST INFRINGEMENT THAT MAY BE PROVIDED IN SECTION 2-312 OF | |
THE UNITED STATES UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE IS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. | |
B. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY | |
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER VALVE, ITS | |
LICENSORS, NOR THEIR AFFILIATES, NOR ANY OF VALVE’S SERVICE PROVIDERS, | |
SHALL BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM | |
THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE STEAM, YOUR ACCOUNT, YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS AND | |
THE CONTENT AND SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF GOODWILL, | |
WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER | |
COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES. IN NO EVENT WILL VALVE BE LIABLE FOR ANY | |
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY | |
DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH | |
STEAM, THE CONTENT AND SERVICES, THE SUBSCRIPTIONS, AND ANY INFORMATION | |
AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, OR THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE | |
CONTENT AND SERVICES, SUBSCRIPTIONS OR ANY INFORMATION, EVEN IN THE EVENT | |
OF VALVE’S OR ITS AFFILIATES’ FAULT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT | |
LIABILITY, OR BREACH OF VALVE’S WARRANTY AND EVEN IF IT HAS BEEN ADVISED | |
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THESE LIMITATIONS AND LIABILITY | |
EXCLUSIONS APPLY EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE RECOMPENSE. | |
BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE | |
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH | |
STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, EACH OF VALVE, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS AFFILIATES’ | |
LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. | |
C. NO GUARANTEES | |
NEITHER VALVE NOR ITS AFFILIATES GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, ERROR-FREE, | |
VIRUS-FREE OR SECURE OPERATION AND ACCESS TO STEAM, THE CONTENT AND | |
SERVICES, YOUR ACCOUNT AND/OR YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS(S) OR ANY INFORMATION | |
AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. | |
D. LIMITED WARRANTY | |
CERTAIN HARDWARE PURCHASED FROM VALVE IS SUBJECT TO A LIMITED WARRANTY, | |
[OR DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION, A STATUTORY WARRANTY] WHICH IS DESCRIBED | |
IN DETAIL HERE. | |
8. AMENDMENTS TO THIS AGREEMENT | |
PLEASE NOTE: If you are a consumer with place of residence in Germany, a | |
different version of Section 8 applies to you, which is available | |
here. | |
This Agreement may at any time be mutually amended by your explicit | |
consent to changes proposed by Valve. Furthermore, Valve may amend this | |
Agreement (including any Subscription Terms or Rules of Use) unilaterally | |
at any time in its sole discretion. In this case, you will be notified by | |
e-mail of any amendment to this Agreement made by Valve within 60 (sixty) | |
days before the entry into force of the said amendment. You can view the | |
Agreement at any time at http://www.steampowered.com/. Your failure | |
to cancel your Account within thirty (30) days after the entry into force | |
of the amendments, will constitute your acceptance of the amended terms. | |
If you don’t agree to the amendments or to any of the terms in this | |
Agreement, your only remedy is to cancel your Account or to cease use of | |
the affected Subscription(s). Valve shall not have any obligation to | |
refund any fees that may have accrued to your Account before cancellation | |
of your Account or cessation of use of any Subscription, nor shall Valve | |
have any obligation to prorate any fees in such circumstances. | |
9. TERM AND TERMINATION | |
A. Term | |
The term of this Agreement (the "Term") commences on the date you first | |
indicate your acceptance of these terms, and will continue in effect until | |
otherwise terminated in accordance with this Agreement. | |
B. Termination by You | |
You may cancel your Account at any time. You may cease use of a | |
Subscription at any time or, if you choose, you may request that Valve | |
terminate your access to a Subscription. However, Subscriptions are not | |
transferable, and even if your access to a Subscription for a particular | |
game or application is terminated, the original activation key will not be | |
able to be registered to any other account, even if the Subscription was | |
obtained in a retail store. Access to Subscriptions purchased as a part of | |
a pack or bundle cannot be terminated individually, termination of access | |
to one game within the bundle will result in termination of access to all | |
games purchased in the pack. Your cancellation of an Account, or your | |
cessation of use of any Subscription or request that access to a | |
Subscription be terminated, will not entitle you to any refund, including | |
of any Subscription fees. Valve reserves the right to collect fees, | |
surcharges or costs incurred prior to the cancellation of your Account or | |
termination of your access to a particular Subscription. In addition, you | |
are responsible for any charges incurred to third-party vendors or content | |
providers before your cancellation. | |
C. Termination by Valve | |
Valve may cancel your Account or any particular Subscription(s) at any | |
time in the event that (a) Valve ceases providing such Subscriptions to | |
similarly situated Subscribers generally, or (b) you breach any terms of | |
this Agreement (including any Subscription Terms or Rules of Use). In the | |
event that your Account or a particular Subscription is terminated or | |
cancelled by Valve for a violation of this Agreement or improper or | |
illegal activity, no refund, including of any Subscription fees or of any | |
unused funds in your Steam Wallet, will be granted. | |
D. Survival of Terms | |
Sections 2(C), 2(D), 2(F), 2(G), 3(A), 3(B), 3(D), 3(H), and 5 - 12 will | |
survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement. | |
10. APPLICABLE LAW/JURISDICTION | |
For All Customers Outside the European Union: | |
You agree that this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made and | |
executed in the State of Washington, U.S.A., and any dispute arising | |
hereunder shall be resolved in accordance with the law of Washington | |
excluding the law of conflicts and the Convention on Contracts for the | |
International Sale of Goods. Subject to Section 11 (Dispute | |
Resolution/Binding Arbitration/Class Action Waiver) below, you agree that | |
any claim asserted in any legal proceeding by you against Valve shall be | |
commenced and maintained exclusively in any state or federal court located | |
in King County, Washington, having subject matter jurisdiction with | |
respect to the dispute between the parties and you hereby consent to the | |
exclusive jurisdiction of such courts. In any dispute arising under this | |
Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to attorneys’ fees and | |
expenses. | |
For EU Customers: | |
In the event of a dispute relating to the interpretation, the performance | |
or the validity of the Subscriber Agreement, an amicable solution will be | |
sought before any legal action. You can file your complaint at | |
http://help.steampowered.com. In case of failure, you may, within one | |
year of the failed request, file an online complaint on the European | |
Commission’s Online Dispute Resolution website: | |
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/odr/main/index.cfm?event=main.home.chooseLanguage, | |
or on the European Consumer Center’s website: | |
http://www.europe-consommateurs.eu/index.php?id=2514. | |
In the event that out-of-court dispute resolutions fail, the dispute may | |
be brought before the competent courts. | |
11. DISPUTE RESOLUTION/BINDING ARBITRATION/CLASS ACTION WAIVER | |
This Section 11 shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable | |
law. If the laws of your jurisdiction prohibit the application of some or | |
all of the provisions of this Section notwithstanding Section 10 | |
(Applicable Law/Jurisdiction), such provisions will not apply to you. IN | |
PARTICULAR, IF YOU LIVE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, THIS SECTION 11 DOES NOT | |
APPLY TO YOU. | |
Most user concerns can be resolved by use of our Steam support site at | |
https://support.steampowered.com/. If Valve is unable to resolve your | |
concerns and a dispute remains between you and Valve, this Section | |
explains how the parties have agreed to resolve it. | |
YOU AND VALVE AGREE TO RESOLVE ALL DISPUTES AND CLAIMS BETWEEN US IN | |
INDIVIDUAL BINDING ARBITRATION. THAT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, ANY | |
CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO: (i) ANY ASPECT OF THE RELATIONSHIP | |
BETWEEN US; (ii) THIS AGREEMENT; OR (iii) YOUR USE OF STEAM, YOUR ACCOUNT | |
OR THE CONTENT AND SERVICES. IT APPLIES REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH CLAIMS | |
ARE BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE, FRAUD, UNFAIR COMPETITION, | |
MISREPRESENTATION OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY. | |
However, this Section does not apply to the following types of claims or | |
disputes, which you or Valve may bring in any court with jurisdiction: (i) | |
claims of infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights, | |
including such claims seeking injunctive relief; and (ii) claims related | |
to or arising from any alleged unauthorized use, piracy or theft. | |
This Section does not prevent you from bringing your dispute to the | |
attention of any federal, state, or local government agencies that can, if | |
the law allows, seek relief from us for you. | |
An arbitration is a proceeding before a neutral arbitrator, instead of | |
before a judge or jury. Arbitration is less formal than a lawsuit in | |
court, and provides more limited discovery. It follows different rules | |
than court proceedings, and is subject to very limited review by courts. | |
The arbitrator will issue a written decision and provide a statement of | |
reasons if requested by either party. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU AND VALVE | |
ARE GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND TO HAVE A TRIAL BEFORE A JUDGE | |
OR JURY. | |
You and Valve agree to make reasonable, good faith efforts to informally | |
resolve any dispute before initiating arbitration. A party who intends to | |
seek arbitration must first send the other a written notice that describes | |
the nature and basis of the claim or dispute and sets forth the relief | |
sought. If you and Valve do not reach an agreement to resolve that claim | |
or dispute within 30 days after the notice is received, you or Valve may | |
commence an arbitration. Written notice to Valve must be sent via postal | |
mail to: ATTN: Arbitration Notice, Valve Corporation, P.O. Box 1688, | |
Bellevue, WA 98004. | |
The Federal Arbitration Act applies to this Section. The arbitration will | |
be governed by the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American | |
Arbitration Association (“AAA”) and, where applicable, the AAA’s | |
Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes, as modified by | |
this Agreement, both of which are available at http://www.adr.org. | |
The arbitrator is bound by the terms of this Agreement. | |
The AAA will administer the arbitration. It may be conducted through the | |
submission of documents, by phone, or in person in the county where you | |
live or at another mutually agreed location. | |
If you seek $10,000 or less, Valve agrees to reimburse your filing fee and | |
your share of the arbitration costs, including your share of arbitrator | |
compensation, at the conclusion of the proceeding, unless the arbitrator | |
determines your claims are frivolous or costs are unreasonable as | |
determined by the arbitrator. Valve agrees not to seek its attorneys’ fees | |
or costs in arbitration unless the arbitrator determines your claims are | |
frivolous or costs are unreasonable as determined by the arbitrator. If | |
you seek more than $10,000, the arbitration costs, including arbitrator | |
compensation, will be split between you and Valve according to the AAA | |
Commercial Arbitration Rules and the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for | |
Consumer Related Disputes, if applicable. | |
YOU AND VALVE AGREE NOT TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS OR | |
REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR COLLECTIVE | |
ARBITRATION, EVEN IF AAA’s PROCEDURES OR RULES WOULD OTHERWISE ALLOW ONE. | |
THE ARBITRATOR MAY AWARD RELIEF ONLY IN FAVOR OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTY | |
SEEKING RELIEF AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT OF THAT PARTY’S INDIVIDUAL CLAIM. | |
You and Valve also agree not to seek to combine any action or arbitration | |
with any other action or arbitration without the consent of all parties to | |
this Agreement and all other actions or arbitrations. | |
If the agreement in this Section not to bring or participate in a class or | |
representative action, private attorney general action or collective | |
arbitration should be found illegal or unenforceable, you and Valve agree | |
that it shall not be severable, that this entire Section shall be | |
unenforceable and any claim or dispute would be resolved in court and not | |
in collective arbitration. | |
Notwithstanding this Section, you have the right to litigate any dispute | |
in small claims court, if all the requirements of the small claims court, | |
including any limitations on jurisdiction and the amount at issue in the | |
dispute, are satisfied. | |
12. MISCELLANEOUS | |
Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, in the event | |
that any provision of this Agreement shall be held by a court or other | |
tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such provision | |
will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining | |
portions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This | |
Agreement, including any Subscription Terms, Rules of Use, the Valve | |
Privacy Policy, and the Valve Hardware Warranty Policy, constitutes and | |
contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the | |
subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior oral or written agreements. | |
You agree that this Agreement is not intended to confer and does not | |
confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties to | |
this Agreement. | |
Valve’s obligations are subject to existing laws and legal process and | |
Valve may comply with law enforcement or regulatory requests or | |
requirements notwithstanding any contrary term. | |
You agree to comply with all applicable import/export laws and | |
regulations. You agree not to export the Content and Services or Hardware | |
or allow use of your Account by individuals of any terrorist supporting | |
countries to which encryption exports are at the time of exportation | |
restricted by the U.S. Bureau of Export Administration. You represent and | |
warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national | |
or resident of any such prohibited country. | |
This Agreement was last updated on August 31st, 2017 ("Revision Date"). If | |
you were a Subscriber before the Revision Date, it replaces your existing | |
agreement with Valve or Valve SARL on the day that you explicitly accept | |
it. If you prefer to continue using Steam and your existing Subscriptions | |
under the version of the Agreement in effect prior to the Revision Date, | |
you are free to do so. |