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The provision allocates intellectual property rights and liability for user-generated content, enabling Amazon to exploit submitted materials across its platforms and services without additional compensation or further permission, while imposing on users the obligation to warrant ownership and defend Amazon against third-party claims.
Interpretive note: The practical enforceability of the indemnification clause against individual consumers varies by jurisdiction, and EU and UK consumer protection law may limit its application against non-commercial users.
Users who submit reviews, comments, or other content authorize Amazon to use that content perpetually and globally across any medium without royalty payment, and assume liability for any claims, damages, or injuries resulting from the accuracy or legality of their submissions. The broad sublicensing right permits Amazon to authorize third parties to use the content as well.
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"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... You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify Amazon for all claims resulting from content you supply.— Excerpt from Amazon's Amazon Conditions of Use
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The provision allocates intellectual property rights and liability for user-generated content, enabling Amazon to exploit submitted materials across its platforms and services without additional compensation or further permission, while imposing on users the obligation to warrant ownership and defend Amazon against third-party claims.
Users who submit reviews, comments, or other content authorize Amazon to use that content perpetually and globally across any medium without royalty payment, and assume liability for any claims, damages, or injuries resulting from the accuracy or legality of their submissions. The broad sublicensing right permits Amazon to authorize third parties to use the content as well.
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