The license GM holds over textual comments submitted by users does not terminate upon account deletion, content removal, or cessation of use of the Web site.
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This provision distinguishes the treatment of User Comments from User Videos: while the video license terminates within a commercially reasonable time after removal, the comment license has no termination mechanism. This creates a permanent grant of rights over textual content submitted to the site.
Under this clause, any textual comment submitted to gm.com is licensed to GM on a permanent and irrevocable basis, meaning users cannot withdraw the license for comment content regardless of whether they delete their account or request removal of the comment.
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Compare across platforms →"The above licenses granted by you in User Comments are perpetual and irrevocable.Excerpt from General Motors's GM Terms of Use
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This provision distinguishes the treatment of User Comments from User Videos: while the video license terminates within a commercially reasonable time after removal, the comment license has no termination mechanism. This creates a permanent grant of rights over textual content submitted to the site.
Under this clause, any textual comment submitted to gm.com is licensed to GM on a permanent and irrevocable basis, meaning users cannot withdraw the license for comment content regardless of whether they delete their account or request removal of the comment.
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