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The clause establishes Amazon's operational rights to exploit user-generated content across all media formats and distribution channels without obligation to pay royalties or seek additional permission. The perpetual and sublicensable nature of the license means these rights extend indefinitely and may be transferred to third parties.
Removal of explicit broad content licensing provision could indicate less aggressive user-generated content claims in updated terms.
View full change record →Users who post or submit content to Amazon's platform authorize Amazon to use that content for any purpose, including derivative works and commercial distribution, without compensation. The license applies to content unless Amazon explicitly indicates otherwise in specific instances.
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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 grant Amazon and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose.— Excerpt from Amazon's Amazon Conditions of Use
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The clause establishes Amazon's operational rights to exploit user-generated content across all media formats and distribution channels without obligation to pay royalties or seek additional permission. The perpetual and sublicensable nature of the license means these rights extend indefinitely and may be transferred to third parties.
Users who post or submit content to Amazon's platform authorize Amazon to use that content for any purpose, including derivative works and commercial distribution, without compensation. The license applies to content unless Amazon explicitly indicates otherwise in specific instances.
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