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引用自 Mad Scientist：

You need permission or licensing to use copyright protected material, even for a closed private-access/private-invite model. When you upload to Steam you're saying that you own, have a license to, or have permission for everything in the game.
If you were caught using copyrighted music, you could get a DMCA Takedown, which could result in legal consequences. Being private does not justify the risk involved, there's often HumbleBundles for Game Development that are big libraries of music & audio that can be used in games.

If you don't own it, don't have a license to it, or don't have permission; don't use it. Even for a private alpha. :smokeybear:

引用自 clover：

Is this practice allowed for private access, invite-only Steam games in alpha, or will I be restricted to using only songs that are public domain / creative commons or made myself during private alpha testing in order to give the game a temp-track?

引用自 Chika Ogiue：

You should be asking this in the steamworks developer group.

引用自 Hi Im Swat：

On topic: You need permission to use copyright protected content no matter where you plan to use it. No ifs or buts, you MUST have permission to use it. You may wish to read up on copyright laws if you're going to develop content.

引用自 clover：

On topic: You need permission to use copyright protected content no matter where you plan to use it. No ifs or buts, you MUST have permission to use it. You may wish to read up on copyright laws if you're going to develop content.

look up fair use laws... there are ifs and buts i dont think you should be speaking so confidently on this kinda stuff

引用自 Valve Legal：

Claims of Copyright Infringement

Valve respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask that everyone using our internet sites and services do the same. Anyone who believes that their work has been reproduced in one of our internet sites or services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement may notify Valve via this page.

引用自 Wolfpig：

no.

Even if it is a closed alpha, as you would make it Public (even if it is just a small Group) you still would need to get the permission of the Copyright holder to use the tracks.

引用自 Mad Scientist：

引用自 clover：

look up fair use laws... there are ifs and buts i dont think you should be speaking so confidently on this kinda stuff

In no way would a game uploaded to Valve with copyright material not belonging to a Developer nor licensed or given permission to a Developer be a "Fair Use" case. :smokeybear:

引用自 Valve Legal：

Claims of Copyright Infringement

Valve respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask that everyone using our internet sites and services do the same. Anyone who believes that their work has been reproduced in one of our internet sites or services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement may notify Valve via this page.

Effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work: Here, courts review whether, and to what extent, the unlicensed use harms the existing or future market for the copyright owner’s original work. In assessing this factor, courts consider whether the use is hurting the current market for the original work (for example, by displacing sales of the original) and/or whether the use could cause substantial harm if it were to become widespread.

引用自 clover：

引用自 Wolfpig：

no.

Even if it is a closed alpha, as you would make it Public (even if it is just a small Group) you still would need to get the permission of the Copyright holder to use the tracks.

i think you're misunderstanding the difference between a private alpha and a closed alpha - private alpha will not be available to people just by asking to join a waitlist or anything, it will be QA team that i hand pick myself and will not be available to the public at all; you're thinking of a closed alpha, which i didnt mention at all. mainly responding just in case anyone else also has this misunderstanding as well :imSorry:

引用自 clover：

seeing as this unlicensed use of copyrighted material is only going to occur to a very small, tight-knit private testing audience, there would be practically 0 harm done towards the profits and existing/future market for the copyright owner's original work.

引用自 Mad Scientist：

You can do whatever you want on your own private network for testing, but not once you upload to a company especially an actual store what you can do even for testing changes. This is a commercial environment, not a private testing environment.