Users grant Apple a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, nonexclusive license to use submitted materials including comments, ratings, reviews, pictures, videos, and podcasts for service-related marketing and Apple internal purposes. Apple also reserves the right to monitor, edit, or remove submitted materials through automated filters or human review.
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This provision establishes that submitted content may be used by Apple in marketing materials and for internal purposes for an indefinite duration without compensation to the submitting user. The nonexclusive nature means users retain their own rights to the content, but Apple's license does not expire.
⚠ The perpetual license to submitted materials applies as written upon submission to any Apple service
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Compare across platforms →"Except to the extent prohibited by law, you hereby grant Apple a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, nonexclusive license to use the materials you submit within the Services and related marketing as well as to use the materials you submit for Apple internal purposes. Apple may monitor and decide to remove or edit any submitted material, including via automated content filters and/or human review.Excerpt from Apple Pay's Apple Media Services Terms
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This provision establishes that submitted content may be used by Apple in marketing materials and for internal purposes for an indefinite duration without compensation to the submitting user. The nonexclusive nature means users retain their own rights to the content, but Apple's license does not expire.
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