What Are the Rules for Steam Screenshots?

[Fly Guy]

I've seen some screenshots of video games with nudity in friends list and in public. As long as they are friends only or for yourself it can not be penalized?

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

Well if your friends reported it, it can still be penalized, but private screenshots (your eyes only) are safe.

[Marble]

I can't actually find any rules regarding screenshots. Not sure how this would apply to games like Vindictus where the majority of characters are practically nude, or Bioshock Infinite which has racist symbolism everywhere. I would imagine that if it's content within the game then it's OK to screenshot it because it would be behind the age verification screen(?)

[Fly Guy]

Originally posted by Τhe Rolling Ham Cheese:

Well if your friends reported it, it can still be penalized, but private screenshots (your eyes only) are safe.

Could you quote it from the Steam User Agreement. Using keyword search did not find anything.

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

Originally posted by Sgt.Kanivakil:

Originally posted by Τhe Rolling Ham Cheese:

Well if your friends reported it, it can still be penalized, but private screenshots (your eyes only) are safe.

Could you quote it from the Steam User Agreement. Using keyword search did not find anything.

I'm too lazy to do that, but I speak from experience. Some of my nude shots and/or boob shots has been banned from community but they are not removed. They are set to private which is for my eyes only. I cannot set it to friends only as that option is greyed out.

The screenshots were from DNF, and the game is rated M. I notice other boob shots aren't removed but were not rated nearly as high as mine, so I assume the system goes off reports. Obviously more people seeing my screenshots at the top = more reports from uptight folks.

[Fly Guy]

Okay so a moderator removed a picture from the community page and set the picture to user only. Did you get a warning?

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

Originally posted by Sgt.Kanivakil:

Okay so a moderator removed a picture from the community page and set the picture to user only. Did you get a warning?

Yes you do get a warning. I received a yellow alert on the image as well as an email notification.

[Fly Guy]

Still I'm interested in seeing what the User Agreement has to say about this. All the key words were searched.

[Satoru]

As per the SSA you are also goverened by the Online Conduct Rules

Rules of Use include the Steam Online Conduct Rules, which can be found at http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=online_conduct. The Subscription Terms, the Rules of Use, 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 9 (Amendments to this Agreement).

http://store.steampowered.com/online_conduct/

[Fly Guy]

Originally posted by Satoru:

As per the SSA you are also goverened by the Online Conduct Rules

Rules of Use include the Steam Online Conduct Rules, which can be found at http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=online_conduct. The Subscription Terms, the Rules of Use, 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 9 (Amendments to this Agreement).

http://store.steampowered.com/online_conduct/

I don't see anything on nudity.

STEAM ONLINIE CONDUCT

"You will not:
Upload, or otherwise make available, files that contain images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents to do the same.
Use any material or information, including images or photographs, via Steam in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party.
Upload files that contain viruses, trojan horses, worms, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or property of another.
Institute attacks upon a Steam server or otherwise disrupt Steam.
Use Steam in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying Steam services, software or other content.
Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.
Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.
Violate any applicable laws or regulations."

[Marble]

All the other areas of the community hub disallow it according to their respective rules pages. Again, I am assuming that as long as it's in-game content it's OK.

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

Originally posted by Canti:

All the other areas of the community hub disallow it according to their respective rules pages. Again, I am assuming that as long as it's in-game content it's OK.

It isn't as my boob shot from DNF was removed regardless of it clearly being in the game.

[Fly Guy]

Not sure if it was a modded Duken Nuken Forever game, but the game also has pornography.

[Engineer]

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