By submitting any photo, video, or comment to gm.com, users grant GM a worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works from, display, and perform that content across any media format and channel, including for GM's broader business and promotional purposes.
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This provision establishes a broad license that extends beyond operating the Web site to encompass GM's general business, promotional activity, and redistribution through any media channel. The license is sublicensable and transferable, meaning GM may authorize third parties to exercise these rights without further user consent.
The agreement requires users to grant GM rights over submitted content that extend to derivative works and redistribution through any media format, not limited to display on gm.com. Users retain ownership of their content but cannot restrict how GM uses it within the scope of this license.
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Compare across platforms →"by submitting User Submissions to the Web site, you hereby grant GM a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the Web site and GM's (and its successors' and affiliates') business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels.Excerpt from General Motors's GM Terms of Use
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This provision establishes a broad license that extends beyond operating the Web site to encompass GM's general business, promotional activity, and redistribution through any media channel. The license is sublicensable and transferable, meaning GM may authorize third parties to exercise these rights without further user consent.
The agreement requires users to grant GM rights over submitted content that extend to derivative works and redistribution through any media format, not limited to display on gm.com. Users retain ownership of their content but cannot restrict how GM uses it within the scope of this license.
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