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Afterpay · Afterpay Terms of Service · View original document ↗

Broad License Granted to Afterpay Over AI Content

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Key Facts

What rights must users grant Afterpay and its subsidiaries, affiliates, and successors in content submitted in connection with AI Products?
Afterpay requires users to grant Afterpay and its subsidiaries, affiliates, and successors a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, transferable, irrevocable, perpetual, and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, and adapt content submitted in connection with AI Products.
Is the right to use, reproduce, modify, and adapt content submitted in connection with AI Products worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, transferable, irrevocable, perpetual, and sub-licensable?
Afterpay requires users to grant Afterpay and its subsidiaries, affiliates, and successors a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, transferable, irrevocable, perpetual, and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, and adapt content submitted in connection with AI Products.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The license is irrevocable and perpetual, meaning Afterpay retains the right to use, reproduce, modify, and adapt the user's content indefinitely and across any transferee or sub-licensee, with no ability for the user to revoke it.

Interpretive note: The excerpt ends mid-sentence after 'publish', indicating that additional licensed acts (e.g., distribute, display, or perform) are present in the full clause but not available in the provided excerpt. The canonical claim and derived fields reflect only the acts explicitly quoted.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 2585 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

A reader who submits content to Afterpay's AI Products grants Afterpay and its subsidiaries, affiliates, and successors a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, and adapt that content.

How other platforms handle this

Tinder Medium

You do not have any rights in relation to Member Content, and, unless expressly authorized by Tinder, you may only use Member Content to the extent that your use is consistent with our Services' purpose...

Glassdoor Medium

We hereby grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license under the rights licensable by us to use the services and use Content from our services solely for your personal use...

Stability AI Medium

...you grant to users of your model a nonexclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use, store, and create derivative works from your LoRA and its output.

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You grant us and our subsidiaries, affiliates, and successors a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, transferable, irrevocable, perpetual, and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish...

Excerpt from Afterpay's Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
Afterpay Terms of Service
Entity
Afterpay
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-056601
Document ID
CA-D-00660
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
1f334ca2977c34d5173701ce7fc930ca6fcff6ff88f199e7db00b82a695585df
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 01:52 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Afterpay
Document: Afterpay Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-056601
Captured: 2026-05-08 01:52:09 UTC
SHA-256: 1f334ca2977c34d5…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/afterpay/afterpay-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-056601/broad-license-granted-to-afterpay-over-ai-content/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Afterpay's Broad License Granted to Afterpay Over AI Content clause do?

The license is irrevocable and perpetual, meaning Afterpay retains the right to use, reproduce, modify, and adapt the user's content indefinitely and across any transferee or sub-licensee, with no ability for the user to revoke it.

How does this clause affect you?

A reader who submits content to Afterpay's AI Products grants Afterpay and its subsidiaries, affiliates, and successors a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, and adapt that content.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 256 platforms. See the full comparison.

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