Updated EULAs for Star Wars games on Steam

[Rayce]

This was brought to my attention by Eezstreet over at JKHub HERE. Apparently this applies to all Star Wars games on Steam. This section in particular is of interest:

User Generated Content

The Disney Services may allow you to communicate, submit, upload or otherwise make available text, images, audio, video, competition entries or other content ("User Generated Content"), which may be accessible and viewable by the public. Access to these features may be subject to age restrictions. You may not submit or upload User Generated Content that is defamatory, harassing, threatening, bigoted, hateful, violent, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, or otherwise offensive or that harms or can reasonably be expected to harm any person or entity, whether or not such material is protected by law.

We do not claim ownership to your User Generated Content; however, you grant us a non-exclusive, sublicensable, irrevocable and royalty-free worldwide license under all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, privacy and publicity rights and other intellectual property rights to use, reproduce, transmit, print, publish, publicly display, exhibit, distribute, redistribute, copy, index, comment on, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works based upon, publicly perform, make available and otherwise exploit such User Generated Content, in whole or in part, in all media formats and channels now known or hereafter devised (including in connection with the Disney Services and on third-party sites and platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter), in any number of copies and without limit as to time, manner and frequency of use, without further notice to you, with or without attribution, and without the requirement of permission from or payment to you or any other person or entity.

You represent and warrant that your User Generated Content conforms to these terms and that you own or have the necessary rights and permissions, without the need for payment to any other person or entity, to use and exploit, and to authorize us to use and exploit, your User Generated Content in all manners contemplated by these terms. You agree to indemnify and hold us and our subsidiary and affiliated companies, and each of their respective employees and officers, harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including attorneys' fees), made against us by any third party arising out of or in connection with our use and exploitation of your User Generated Content. You also agree not to enforce any moral rights, ancillary rights or similar rights in or to the User Generated Content against us or our licensees, distributors, agents, representatives and other authorized users, and agree to procure the same agreement not to enforce from others who may possess such rights.

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We have the right but not the obligation to monitor, screen, post, remove, modify, store and review User Generated Content or communications sent through a Disney Service, at any time and for any reason, including to ensure that the User Generated Content or communication conforms to these terms, without prior notice to you. We are not responsible for, and do not endorse or guarantee, the opinions, views, advice or recommendations posted or sent by users.

[Giftheck]

Seeing as it's Disney writing that, does that mean that now all their characters are available for use?

In all seriousness it doesn't appear that different to before. Just a bit of rewording. Though the very first bolded passage would surely have been a "goes-without-saying" clause anyway. Who is going to use Battlefront to create pornographic material?

BTW, does the new EULA mention anything about executeable modifying?

[Rayce]

Seeing as it's Disney writing that, does that mean that now all their characters are available for use?

They might just mean only Star Wars, but either way I wonder if this means we can port stuff from EA's Battlefront.

In all seriousness it doesn't appear that different to before. Just a bit of rewording. Though the very first bolded passage would surely have been a "goes-without-saying" clause anyway. Who is going to use Battlefront to create pornographic material?

I agree.

BTW, does the new EULA mention anything about executeable modifying?

I didn't read through the whole thing yet, just that section. So, I don't know.

[Giftheck]

They might just mean only Star Wars, but either way I wonder if this means we can port stuff from EA's Battlefront.

Strictly speaking, EA only owns distribution rights. Disney owns the rights to the content. So, yes, I would say that sounds a bit like they're saying "go for it".

[Led]

Strictly speaking, EA only owns distribution rights. Disney owns the rights to the content. So, yes, I would say that sounds a bit like they're saying "go for it".

I don't think that really means that...

But anyway, the mod tools EULA has always read like that for SWBF and SWBF2.

[Giftheck]

I don't think that really means that...

But anyway, the mod tools EULA has always read like that for SWBF and SWBF2.

I did say "it sounds like". I won't advocate using those assets unless explicitly stated we can do so by Disney. I personally think it's more or less permission to use things like likenesses.

[Giftheck]

Okay, upon further clarification, the following games/apps use this EULA:

-Star Wars: Battlefront II
-Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
-Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic
-Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Repulbic II: The Sith Lords
-Star Wars: Republic Commando
-Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
-Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
-Star Wars Rebels: Missions
-Official Star Wars Android/iOS app
-Star Wars: Commander
-Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
-Star Wars: Jedi Knight series

The following use their own EULAs, which does not have the aforementioned passage:

-Star Wars Battlefront (EA)
-Star Wars: Galactic Defense (EA)
-Star Wars: Uprising
-Star Wars Pinball

Any using the Disney EULA are pretty much clear for use. Any using their own EULAs are not included.

[StoneCold]

Here's hoping they add the classic original SWBF on Steam one day. Will probably happen when EA loses their rights to the Star Wars license and that probably will take quite a number of years unfortunately 

[Led]

Here's hoping they add the classic original SWBF on Steam one day. Will probably happen when EA loses their rights to the Star Wars license and that probably will take quite a number of years unfortunately 

Sadly, I think that will never happen due to the DRM.  There is no one left to officially remove it.

[StoneCold]

Sadly, I think that will never happen due to the DRM.  There is no one left to officially remove it.

Seriously!?

I didn't knew that, I thought it was due to licensing issues 

[Giftheck]

Sadly, I think that will never happen due to the DRM.  There is no one left to officially remove it.

EA has the source code so they could remove it. But they won't: they probably know it would sell too well.