“You hereby grant to us a worldwide, unrestricted, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, and royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicenses) to use, reproduce, copy...”
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Because the license is irrevocable and perpetual, users cannot reclaim rights to their submitted content or require Glassdoor to stop using it, and Glassdoor may pass those rights through unlimited sublicensees.
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Users permanently and irrevocably transfer broad usage rights over their submitted content to Glassdoor, which may further sublicense that content without restriction.
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Because the license is irrevocable and perpetual, users cannot reclaim rights to their submitted content or require Glassdoor to stop using it, and Glassdoor may pass those rights through unlimited sublicensees.
Users permanently and irrevocably transfer broad usage rights over their submitted content to Glassdoor, which may further sublicense that content without restriction.
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