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Because the licenses are perpetual and irrevocable, users have no mechanism to withdraw or limit GM's licensed use of their User Comments at any future point.
Interpretive note: The excerpt references 'the above licenses' without specifying their scope. The canonical claim addresses only the perpetual and irrevocable nature of those licenses, not their content, which is defined elsewhere in the agreement.
Once you submit User Comments, the licenses you have granted to General Motors over that content can never expire and cannot be revoked.
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"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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Because the licenses are perpetual and irrevocable, users have no mechanism to withdraw or limit GM's licensed use of their User Comments at any future point.
Once you submit User Comments, the licenses you have granted to General Motors over that content can never expire and cannot be revoked.
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