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Calm can use, sublicense, and modify User Content globally for free, and the transferable and sublicensable nature means third parties may also use that content under this license.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains an ellipsis before 'your User Content', suggesting additional licensed activities are present in the full clause that are not quoted here. The canonical claim is limited to the rights explicitly listed in the excerpt.
The updated terms establish that Premium content access is a limited, revocable license that terminates when a subscription ends, including downloaded content. Users do not own the content and will lose access upon cancellation, expiration, or non-payment. The terms also introduce new AI feature sections that authorize Calm to process user inputs to generate outputs, with Calm retaining ownership of outputs while users retain ownership of inputs. Health disclaimers clarify that the Services do not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or emergency care and do not create a provider-patient relationship. You can review the full terms at Calm.com to understand the specific scope of the license and AI feature processing.
View change record →Users who submit content grant Calm broad rights to use and modify that content worldwide at no cost to Calm and with no compensation to the user.
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Calm can use, sublicense, and modify User Content globally for free, and the transferable and sublicensable nature means third parties may also use that content under this license.
Users who submit content grant Calm broad rights to use and modify that content worldwide at no cost to Calm and with no compensation to the user.
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