“You acknowledge that this license cannot be terminated by you once your Content is submitted to the Service.”
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Users permanently lose the ability to revoke the content license after submission, meaning Duolingo retains its licensed rights to that Content regardless of any future change in the user's wishes.
Users have no ability to terminate the content license they granted to Duolingo after submitting Content to the Service.
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"You acknowledge that this license cannot be terminated by you once your Content is submitted to the Service.Excerpt from Duolingo's Terms of Service
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Users permanently lose the ability to revoke the content license after submission, meaning Duolingo retains its licensed rights to that Content regardless of any future change in the user's wishes.
Users have no ability to terminate the content license they granted to Duolingo after submitting Content to the Service.
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