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Broad User Content License Grant

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What it is

When you post a review, photo, or any other content on Amazon, you give Amazon the permanent, free right to use, copy, change, and share it anywhere in the world forever — even after you delete your account.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Any review, photo, video, or other content a consumer posts on Amazon is licensed to Amazon on a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable basis, meaning consumers permanently lose exclusive control over that content upon submission.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

This license is perpetual and irrevocable, meaning Amazon can continue using your content indefinitely even if you delete it or close your account, and can sublicense it to third parties without additional permission or payment.

View original clause language
If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant Amazon a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates copyright law under 17 U.S.C. §101 et seq. (Copyright Act), as it constitutes a broad copyright license grant from users to Amazon. For business users, it may conflict with internal IP ownership policies or client confidentiality agreements if proprietary content (e.g., product photos, technical descriptions) is posted on Amazon Marketplace. The FTC Act Section 5 may be implicated if the breadth of this license is not adequately disclosed to ordinary consumers. EU users should note that the GDPR (Art. 6, 17) right to erasure may conflict with the irrevocable nature of this license, creating tension with Amazon's separate privacy obligations.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has authority to review whether the breadth of Amazon's content license grant constitutes an unfair or deceptive trade practice under FTC Act Section 5, particularly if consumers are not adequately informed of the irrevocable and perpetual nature of the license.
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Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal
DMCA
United States Federal
DSA
European Union

Provision details

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Amazon Conditions of Use
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Amazon
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
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March 6, 2026
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CA-P-002534
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Entity: Amazon | Document: Amazon Conditions of Use | Record: CA-P-002534
Captured: 2026-03-06 20:45:16 UTC | SHA-256: 5f953d9aef66aa19…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/amazon/amazon-conditions-of-use/broad-user-content-license-grant/
Accessed: April 29, 2026
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