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Amazon · Amazon Conditions of Use · View original document ↗

Broad License Grant Over User-Submitted Content

High severity High confidence Explicit document language Common · 256 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

What right must users who submit content grant Amazon?
Amazon requires users who submit content to grant Amazon a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, perform, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display that content throughout the world in any media.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The license is perpetual and irrevocable, meaning users cannot withdraw Amazon's rights to submitted content, and fully sublicensable, meaning Amazon may extend those rights to third parties.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
5
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)

Any content the reader submits may be used, modified, distributed, and sublicensed by Amazon worldwide in any media, permanently and without compensation to the reader.

How other platforms handle this

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...

ActiveCampaign Medium

Except for the license you grant below, you retain all rights in and to your Marketing Content, as between you and ActiveCampaign.

Tinder Medium

Tinder grants you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable license to access and use our Services for purposes as intended by Tinder and permitted by these Terms and applicable laws.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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you grant Amazon a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, perform, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.

Excerpt from Amazon's Conditions of Use

Applicable regulations

DMCA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Amazon Conditions of Use
Entity
Amazon
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-018489
Document ID
CA-D-00026
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
00887bf5d67454220b3aa6afde03f4422ba9d53ffe333387fdae687aab595279
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 03:27 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Amazon
Document: Amazon Conditions of Use
Record ID: CA-P-018489
Captured: 2026-07-09 03:27:53 UTC
SHA-256: 00887bf5d6745422…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/amazon/amazon-conditions-of-use/provision/CA-P-018489/broad-license-grant-over-user-submitted-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 Amazon's Broad License Grant Over User-Submitted Content clause do?

The license is perpetual and irrevocable, meaning users cannot withdraw Amazon's rights to submitted content, and fully sublicensable, meaning Amazon may extend those rights to third parties.

How does this clause affect you?

Any content the reader submits may be used, modified, distributed, and sublicensed by Amazon worldwide in any media, permanently and without compensation to the reader.

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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No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon.