“By creating an account, you grant to Hinge a worldwide, perpetual, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free right and license to host, store, use, copy, display, reproduce, adapt, edit, publish, translate, modify, reformat...”
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Because the license is perpetual and sub-licensable, Hinge's rights over user content persist indefinitely and can be passed to third parties, even after a user stops using the Services.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is cut off after 'reformat'; additional permitted uses or conditions in the complete license grant cannot be assessed.
The reader, by creating a Hinge account, grants Hinge broad, permanent, worldwide, transferable, and royalty-free rights over their content, including the ability for Hinge to sub-license that content.
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Because the license is perpetual and sub-licensable, Hinge's rights over user content persist indefinitely and can be passed to third parties, even after a user stops using the Services.
The reader, by creating a Hinge account, grants Hinge broad, permanent, worldwide, transferable, and royalty-free rights over their content, including the ability for Hinge to sub-license that content.
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