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Intellectual Property and User Content License

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The provision operationalizes Fly.io's ability to utilize user-submitted content for service operations, product development, and distribution purposes without requiring individual consent for each use or compensating users for subsequent exploitation of that content.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users who submit content to the platform authorize Fly.io to modify, republish, and sublicense that content without ongoing consent or royalty payments. This licensing grant is perpetual and applies across any present or future distribution methods.

How other platforms handle this

Gusto Medium

By submitting, posting, or displaying content through the Services, you grant Gusto a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, and distribute such content solely for the purposes of providing and improving the Services.

Eventbrite Medium

By posting or submitting content to Eventbrite, you grant Eventbrite a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform your content in connection with the services and Eventbrite's busine...

Threads Medium

You own the content you create and share on Threads and the other Meta Products... However, when you share or post content, you give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, ...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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By submitting, posting or displaying content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).

— Excerpt from Fly.io's Fly.io Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
Fly.io Terms of Service
Entity
Fly.io
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-005334
Document ID
CA-D-00687
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
e3b13c0963aead222e31c6ca14065b6e8eb28eca08f8646314ffb93753a3eb50
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 18:32 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Fly.io
Document: Fly.io Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-005334
Captured: 2026-05-07 18:32:58 UTC
SHA-256: e3b13c0963aead22…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/flyio/flyio-terms-of-service/intellectual-property-and-user-content-license/
Accessed: May 20, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Fly.io's Intellectual Property and User Content License clause do?

The provision operationalizes Fly.io's ability to utilize user-submitted content for service operations, product development, and distribution purposes without requiring individual consent for each use or compensating users for subsequent exploitation of that content.

How does this clause affect you?

Users who submit content to the platform authorize Fly.io to modify, republish, and sublicense that content without ongoing consent or royalty payments. This licensing grant is perpetual and applies across any present or future distribution methods.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 5 platforms. See the full comparison.

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