The agreement grants Grubhub and its affiliated companies a broad license to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat any content users submit, including reviews, photos, and other materials posted to the platform.
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This provision authorizes Grubhub to use user-submitted content across its platform and affiliated company operations, including the right to sublicense that content, without additional compensation to the user.
Under this clause, any content a user submits to Grubhub, including restaurant reviews, photos, and ratings, may be used, reproduced, edited, translated, and distributed by Grubhub and its affiliated companies and sublicensees in connection with their internet business operations.
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"By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your User Content you are granting Grubhub, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your User Content in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your User Content.Excerpt from Grubhub's Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Broad platform content licenses engage intellectual property law principles and, in some jurisdictions, consumer protection frameworks that may limit the scope of rights that can be waived through standard form contracts.
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This provision authorizes Grubhub to use user-submitted content across its platform and affiliated company operations, including the right to sublicense that content, without additional compensation to the user.
Under this clause, any content a user submits to Grubhub, including restaurant reviews, photos, and ratings, may be used, reproduced, edited, translated, and distributed by Grubhub and its affiliated companies and sublicensees in connection with their internet business operations.
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